Portuese Surname
Approximately 391 people bear this surname
Portuese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 187 | 1:1,938,283 | 125,322 |
| Argentina | 76 | 1:562,413 | 40,543 |
| Italy | 74 | 1:826,442 | 64,449 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Portuese Demographics
Average Portuese Salary in
United States
$53,052 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Portuese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portuese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Portuese occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Portuese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 738,530th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Portuese live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 1,938,283. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 35 percent live, New Jersey, where 14 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 19 percent live and Italy, where 19 percent live.
Portuese Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Portuese are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Portuese earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.97% less than the national average, earning R 71,352 per year and in United States they earn 22.95% more than the national average, earning $53,052 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portues | 93 | 24 | / |
| Portuse | 93 | 1 | / |
| Portuesi | 88 | 285 | / |
| Portoues | 88 | 6 | / |
| Portoese | 88 | 5 | / |
| Portuesy | 88 | 1 | / |
| Portiese | 88 | 1 | / |
| Porttues | 88 | 0 | / |
| Porthouse | 82 | 630 | / |
| Portuheis | 82 | 4 | / |
| Portueche | 82 | 1 | / |
| Portuessi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Portase | 80 | 196 | / |
| Portuze | 80 | 26 | / |
| Portusy | 80 | 7 | / |
| Partuse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Portuce | 80 | 1 | / |
| Portuis | 80 | 0 | / |
| Portheiser | 78 | 2 | / |
| Portasse | 75 | 28 | / |
| Portuezi | 75 | 9 | / |
| Poorthuis | 71 | 553 | / |
| Parteyase | 71 | 17 | / |
| Parthouse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pourtousi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pertusi | 67 | 792 | / |
| Portice | 67 | 228 | / |
| Pertuze | 67 | 58 | / |
| Partise | 67 | 47 | / |
| Portace | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portisi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portuzé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pertuce | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Portuese
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis