Porton Surname

204,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,028 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Porton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Porton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1,3801:73,36112,657
United States1841:1,969,886126,972
England1531:364,17025,923
Netherlands861:196,36327,376
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
France241:2,767,613196,808
Australia211:1,285,51068,491
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Wales91:343,83718,086
Israel91:950,84857,975
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1231:198,17415,835
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

The alternate forms: Portón (2) are calculated separately.

Porton (53) may also be a first name.

Porton Last Name Facts

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

Porton (Russian: Портон) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Portón. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Porton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Porton is the 204,758th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 3,593,464 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Porton reside; 68 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,366,219th most numerous given name internationally It is held by 53 people.

It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,380 people, or 1 in 73,361. In The Philippines Porton is most common in: Eastern Visayas, where 46 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 16 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 14 percent reside. Not including The Philippines Porton is found in 32 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Porton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Porton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 484 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 124 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Porton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Porton last name are 5.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Porton earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 94.52% more than the national average, earning R 462,252 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.39% less than the national average, earning $19,208,000 COP per year and in United States they earn 13.63% more than the national average, earning $49,032 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portón942/
Portone92422/
Portong926/
Phorton923/
Pourton922/
Portoin921/
Porthong8614/
Pourtong861/
Parton8312,853/
Purton831,939/
Portan83547/
Perton83389/
Portun838/
Portão836/
Portán833/
Portom831/
Portonova8085/
Phorthong802/
Porhthong801/
Portune77166/
Porthan77131/
Portant77108/
Porthun77104/
Partoon7792/
Partoin7753/
Peurton7724/
Parthon7723/
Portand7721/
Partong779/
Partone778/
Pourtan772/
Perthon772/
Portang772/
Partton772/
Portuin771/
Portaun771/
Portank771/
Pherton771/
Partond771/
Pharton771/
Patrton770/
Portane770/
Portung770/
Partoune7167/
Portasin7123/
Portacin7117/
Parthong7111/
Phortand715/
Portantt713/
Partoong713/
Phartong712/
Portuine711/
Portagne711/
Phorthan711/
Purthong711/
Porthane711/
Portanova671,804/
Purtan67674/
Partan67143/
Portunova6796/
Partun6754/
Pertan6738/
Pärtan6731/
Pourtahan6729/
Portam6715/
Portaasen6710/
Partom673/
Pharthong672/
Partonova672/
Părtan671/
Peurthong671/
Partán671/
Purtoń671/
Purtom670/
Portum670/

Porton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Porton in the Russian language
Портонporton-

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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 Porton
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