Portorico Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Portorico Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portorico Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy301:2,038,55689,453
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Portorico Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portorico occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Portorico? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Portorico live; 71 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 71 percent live in Italic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Italy, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,038,556. In Italy Portorico is primarily found in: Apulia, where 93 percent live, Lazio, where 3 percent live and Lombardy, where 3 percent live. Besides Italy this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portoricco9522/
Portorrico9518/
Porterico891/
Porturica7813/
Porteriko781/
Portaresco74135/
Porterieko743/
Partorejo67273/
Partoriza67186/
Portoreza671/
Partoredjo63351/
Portereiko5318/
Portaresko5316/

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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 Portorico
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