Portnoy Surname

77,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Portnoy Surname Definition:

(Russian) One who made outer garments, a tailor.

Portnoy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2941:110,03611,993
Israel1,6781:5,100755
Russia5811:248,06026,328
Argentina2991:142,95512,092
Canada951:387,84834,448
England641:870,59545,570
Belarus451:211,13526,436
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Kazakhstan181:982,36158,740
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Moldova81:445,17130,722
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
France41:16,605,680368,153
Latvia41:512,51230,386
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Portnoy (16) may also be a first name.

Portnoy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Russian) One who made outer garments, a tailor.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from an ancestor's occupation) “Tailor,” in Russian. Other translations are the Polish and Ukranian Kravitz, the German Schneider, the Yiddish Sherman, and the Hebrew Chait, Hait, Hayt.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Portnoy Last Name Facts

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

Portnoy (Russian: Портной) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portnoy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 77,583rd most numerous last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,156,019 people. The surname Portnoy is predominantly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Portnoy live; 39 percent live in North America and 38 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 16 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 3,294 people, or 1 in 110,036. In The United States it is mostly found in: Florida, where 12 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and New Jersey, where 7 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 27 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.

Portnoy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Portnoy surname are 43.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.31% being registered with the party.

The amount Portnoy earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 508.67% more than the national average, earning S/. 117,990 per year; in South Africa they earn 19.86% less than the national average, earning R 190,440 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.01% less than the national average, earning $21,564,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 23.8% more than the national average, earning $53,418 USD per year and in Canada they earn 70.16% more than the national average, earning $84,540 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portny9235/
Portno9230/
Portnoi861,121/
Portney86433/
Portnyi86408/
Partnoy86108/
Pertnoy8675/
Portnoj8654/
Portnay8615/
Portnoe8611/
Portnoï867/
Portnyy867/
Portnou863/
Portnoë861/
Portnuy861/
Portnno861/
Portnaya80898/
Portnojs809/
Portnych806/
Portinno802/
Portnoja801/
Poertney801/
Pourtney800/
Portna7749/
Portná771/
Portni771/
Partny770/
Portner713,309/
Partney71552/
Portnih7110/
Partnoi715/
Purtney711/
Portnaggio711/
Portnai711/
Porthni711/
Portnet710/
Pertney710/
Portnaia671,249/
Pfortner67334/
Portnaja6729/
Portnihs6717/
Portnich676/
Portnajs674/
Portness671/
Purtnoid670/

Portnoy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portnoy in the Russian language
Портнойportnoj-

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