Portsman Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Portsman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Portsman Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Portsman Last Name Facts

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

Portsman (Russian: Портсман) is found in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portsman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Portsman reside; 70 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 70 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

Portsman is most common in Russia, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 16,013,673. In Russia it is most frequent in: Bashkortostan Republic, where 67 percent reside, Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 22 percent reside and Kirov Oblast, where 11 percent reside. Beside Russia it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Portsman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Portsman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Portsman surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portsmann943/
Purtsman881/
Portzman880/
Partsman880/
Portzmann821/
Portsmont821/
Porchman7528/
Pertzman752/
Pourchman7112/
Parchman631,755/
Porchmon631/
Peerzman631/
Parzmann630/
Parhcman630/
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Portsman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portsman in the Russian language
Портсманportsman-

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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 Portsman
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