Portugais Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Israel

Portugais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portugais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada1621:227,44221,827
France781:851,573100,617
Israel451:190,17018,708
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Portugais Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portugais occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Portugais click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portugais? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 878,878th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The surname Portugais occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Portugais are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Gallo-North America.

It is most widespread in Canada, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 227,442. In Canada it is primarily concentrated in: Quebec, where 95 percent reside and Ontario, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Canada Portugais occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 25 percent reside and Israel, where 15 percent reside.

Portugais Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Portugais earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 32.24% more than the national average, earning $57,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3% less than the national average, earning $48,193 CAD per year.

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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 Portugais
  • 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