Portua Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Portua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Portua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portua is carried by more people in Argentina than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portua? popularity and diffusion

Portua is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Portua occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Portua reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 78 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most commonly held in Argentina, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 6,106,202. In Argentina it is most prevalent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Argentina this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 11 percent are found and Spain, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portuhay861/
Partua83184/
Pertua834/
Portuo831/
Portway77515/
Purtuas774/
Porthuo771/
Pardua67266/
Partwa675/
Portuheis674/
Portwo672/
Purdua670/
Partwad628/
Pordvash5714/
Partwaad571/
Parthway570/
Pardva505/
Pardwa501/
Perdva501/

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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 Portua
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