Portois Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Portois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 476 | 1:139,544 | 21,462 |
| Belgium | 129 | 1:89,121 | 13,878 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Portois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portois Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Portois occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Portois? popularity and diffusion
The last name Portois is the 530,954th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,966,414 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Portois reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
Portois is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 476 people, or 1 in 139,544. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 40 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 38 percent reside and Normandy, where 9 percent reside. Not including France Portois occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Portois Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Portois has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- 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 Portois
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