Portor Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Portor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:4,474,802235,715
Liberia581:76,0096,407
England411:1,358,97760,528
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
China21:683,660,78330,601
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
Scotland101:374,32210,959
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2571:195,40317,095

Portor (18) may also be a first name.

Portor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portor (Hindi: पोटर) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Portor is the 1,173,425th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Portor reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Portor is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 18 people.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 4,474,802. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 10 percent are found, Missouri, where 9 percent are found and Virginia, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 29 percent are found and England, where 20 percent are found.

Portor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Portor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Portor surname contracted 68 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 70 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Portor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Portor surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Portor last name are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.

Portor earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.72% less than the national average, earning $33,775 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portord921/
Porthoor861/
Pertor8356/
Portar8355/
Partor8341/
Portur8317/
Porteur7743/
Portare7730/
Partorp775/
Partore775/
Porture773/
Porthur772/
Phartor771/
Perhtor771/
Porthar771/
Partorz771/
Portard770/
Partoire71778/
Portarova6730/
Partar6726/
Pertar6718/
Partur675/
Purtar671/
Parthar627/
Paurtur625/
Partare622/
Partart621/
Parture621/
Parteur621/
Partard621/
Phartare5716/
Perthaar571/
Purtthur571/
Pharthart535/

Portor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portor in the Hindi language
पोटरpotara-

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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 Portor
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