Portress Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Portress Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portress Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Portress (20) may also be a first name.

Portress Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portress is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portress? popularity and diffusion

Portress is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Portress reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name globally, held by 20 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States it is most common in: Georgia, where 89 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Colorado, where 4 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 4 percent live.

Portress Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Portress has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Portress surname rose 104 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Portress Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Portress are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.

Portress earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.57% less than the national average, earning $38,156 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porthress941/
Portres938/
Portrets884/
Portreas881/
Portrees880/
Portre867/
Portrey80385/
Portret80134/
Portrie8017/
Portree8015/
Portrer806/
Portrea801/
Portred800/
Portris800/
Portrais7521/
Porttris753/
Portrice750/
Portra71117/
Partre717/
Portraits711/
Portry711/
Portri711/
Portray6726/
Partrea6715/
Partree674/
Portroy673/
Parthre672/
Portrai671/
Partris671/
Partrie671/

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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 Portress
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis