Portuese Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Argentina

Portuese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portuese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
Argentina761:562,41340,543
Italy741:826,44264,449
France251:2,656,909193,074
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Portuese Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portuese is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Portuese? popularity and diffusion

It is the 738,530th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 Portuese is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 1,938,283. In The United States Portuese is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 35 percent are found, New Jersey, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 19 percent are found and Italy, where 19 percent are found.

Portuese Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Portuese surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portues9324/
Portuse931/
Portuesi88285/
Portoues886/
Portoese885/
Portuesy881/
Portiese881/
Porttues880/
Porthouse82630/
Portuheis824/
Portueche821/
Portuessi821/
Portase80196/
Portuze8026/
Portusy807/
Partuse801/
Portuce801/
Portuis800/
Portheiser782/
Portasse7528/
Portuezi759/
Poorthuis71553/
Parteyase7117/
Parthouse711/
Pourtousi711/
Pertusi67792/
Portice67228/
Pertuze6758/
Partise6747/
Portace671/
Portisi671/
Portuzé671/
Pertuce671/

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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 Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis