Portugal Surname

9,093rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62,312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Portugal Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Portugal.' An immigrant from Portugal; v. Pettingell.

1543-4. Buried — Fransys Wallar, a portyngall: St. Dionis Backchurch.

John Portingale, of Youghall, 1569: Cal.

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Portugal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique16,6861:1,634386
Brazil12,1691:17,592879
Philippines5,6021:18,0722,133
Mexico5,5451:22,3851,648
Angola5,5211:4,888691
Peru5,3891:5,898925
Bolivia3,3441:3,175523
United States2,4651:147,04215,175
Argentina1,4031:30,4662,559
Ecuador1,1401:13,9522,163
Spain9421:49,6314,652
Panama7931:4,933565
France2341:283,85843,588
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Uruguay1571:21,8582,525
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Chile1131:155,8985,263
Canada751:491,27542,011
Austria501:170,30922,149
England501:1,114,36153,243
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Israel381:225,20121,188
Venezuela341:888,35513,981
Colombia291:1,647,38211,290
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Andorra181:4,658913
São Tomé and Príncipe181:9,857632
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
India121:63,922,115578,870
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Nicaragua81:752,6364,372
Cape Verde81:66,2052,334
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
China51:273,464,31313,838
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Macau11:601,6301,582
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Portugal (314) may also be a first name.

Portugal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Portugal.' An immigrant from Portugal; v. Pettingell.

1543-4. Buried — Fransys Wallar, a portyngall: St. Dionis Backchurch.

John Portingale, of Youghall, 1569: Cal. State Papers (Domestic).

1574. Baptised — Jone Portingale: Prestbury Church, Cheshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A more correct form than the commoner Portingale, q.v. ante.

The Portugal found a road to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope.— Howell, Letters, I. i. 35; T.L.O. Davies.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(from a place name) A reference to the town of Portigall, in Prussia.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Portugal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portugal (Marathi: पोतुर्गाल) is most common in Mozambique. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Portugal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portugal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 9,093rd most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 116,953 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Portugal are found; 38 percent are found in South America and 36 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 495,703rd most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 314 people.

The surname Portugal is most commonly occurring in Mozambique, where it is held by 16,686 people, or 1 in 1,634. Besides Mozambique this surname exists in 66 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent live and The Philippines, where 9 percent live.

Portugal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Portugal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Portugal last name expanded 30,813 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Portugal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Portugal surname are 40.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.33% registered with the party.

The amount Portugal earn in different countries varies markedly. In Peru they earn 29.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,142 per year; in Colombia they earn 45.28% more than the national average, earning $32,982,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.53% more than the national average, earning $44,674 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.34% more than the national average, earning $52,833 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portugall94488/
Portugaal942/
Portugale941/
Porteugal941/
Portugaull891/
Portigal8888/
Purtugal8817/
Portogal8812/
Partugal882/
Portugalova8429/
Portogall821/
Portugāle821/
Portougalova801/
Partogal758/
Purtogal753/
Purtugol753/

Portugal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portugal in the Marathi language
पोतुर्गालpoturgala-

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