Portter Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Portter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Portter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portter occurs most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portter? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Portter reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 25,889,924. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 29 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and Arkansas, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 12 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.

Portter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Portter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Portter last name contracted 26 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Portter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Portter last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Portter earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 40.57% more than the national average, earning $60,653 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porter92295,388/
Portte928/
Portier869,039/
Poorter86503/
Pforter8658/
Porteur8643/
Porther8631/
Portere869/
Poerter866/
Porterr865/
Porttes865/
Pourter864/
Pertter862/
Porteer862/
Pporter861/
Partter861/
Poyrter861/
Portert861/
Porte8317,835/
Pourtier80948/
Poirette80615/
Poortier80146/
Porthier8029/
Poertier8026/
Poortere804/
D'Porter803/
Poerther801/
Poirteir801/
Porterre801/
Portes7723,633/
Portet772,090/
Portee771,279/
Portez771,094/
Pforte77514/
Portie77354/
Parter77312/
Purter77310/
Portea77292/
Portti77197/
Poorte77195/
Portei77194/
Porteu77159/
Pohrte77106/
Porteš7792/
Porthe7788/
Portey7784/
Perter7752/
Portje7731/
Portir7717/
Portit7715/
Pourte7711/
Portée779/
Ported778/
Portre777/
Portta776/
Porteć775/
Phorte773/
Partte772/
Portty771/
Pörter771/
Porteh770/
Poirrette754/
Pourthier753/
Portets71208/
Portess71191/
Pfordte71105/
Pourtet7162/
Partier7160/
Pertier7155/
Purther7151/
Parther7143/
Pourthe7128/
Pfortje7125/
Pourtie7122/
Pförter7110/
Pfürter719/
Porthet714/
Portait714/
Poortje713/
Pfurter713/
Poortti713/
Porteet712/
Poortes712/
Portech712/
Pourteh712/
Parttee711/
Poorterová711/
Pourteu711/
Paarter711/
Parteer711/
Partere711/
Parteur711/
Pfortie711/
Portère711/
Phortes711/
Porthes711/
Perther710/
Porteas710/
Parttey710/
Porta6735,396/
Parte6715,119/
Porti67705/
Parthier67141/
Porté6774/
Pfhurter6759/
Porty6748/
Pourtoit6713/
Pourtair677/
Pourthie674/
Parterre673/
Portí672/
Purtheer671/
Perrtier671/
Portaire671/

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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 Portter
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