Portnow Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Portnow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portnow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1061:3,419,424193,489
England151:3,714,537119,675
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Portnow Last Name Facts

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

Portnow occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Portnow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,428,594th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Portnow are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 3,419,424. In The United States Portnow is most common in: New York, where 27 percent are found, Florida, where 13 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Portnow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Portnow surname are 28.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.25% registered with the party.

Portnow earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24% more than the national average, earning $53,503 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portnowa932/
Portnov868,152/
Partnow8655/
Portnof8640/
Portnob861/
Portnova808,651/
Portnoff80396/
Portnovs8042/
Portnnov801/
Porthnov801/
Porthnova753/
Partnov71196/
Partnof713/
Partnova67347/
Partnoff6748/
Portnuff677/
Portneuf671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Portnow
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis