Portnoj Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Portnoj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portnoj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland221:249,85019,707
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

Portnoj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Portnoj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Portnoj occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Portnoj.

How Common Is The Last Name Portnoj? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Portnoj reside; 48 percent reside in Northern Europe and 41 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Finland, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 249,850. In Finland Portnoj is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Finland, where 77 percent are found, Uusimaa, where 18 percent are found and Åland Islands, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Finland this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 19 percent are found and Argentina, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portnojs939/
Portnoja931/
Portno9230/
Portnoy866,304/
Portnoi861,121/
Portnoe8611/
Portnoï867/
Portnou863/
Portnoë861/
Portnno861/
Portnaja8029/
Portnajs804/
Portinno802/
Portna7749/
Portny7735/
Portná771/
Portni771/
Portner713,309/
Portney71433/
Portnyi71408/
Partnoy71108/
Portnay7115/
Portnih7110/
Portnyy717/
Partnoi715/
Portnaggio711/
Portnai711/
Portnuy711/
Porthni711/
Portnet710/
Portnaia671,249/
Portnaya67898/
Pfortner67334/
Portnihs6717/
Portnich676/
Portnych676/
Poertney671/
Portness671/
Pourtney670/
Purtnoid670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Portnoj
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