Portugau Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Portugau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portugau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Portugau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portugau is found in Uruguay more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portugau? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,323,005th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Portugau are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 94 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Uruguay, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 180,619. In Uruguay Portugau is most frequent in: Montevideo Department, where 68 percent live, Maldonado Department, where 26 percent live and Salto Department, where 5 percent live. Apart from Uruguay this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 40 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pourtugau9445/
Portuga93148/
Portugas881/
Portugaz881/
Portugais82307/
Portiga802/
Pertuga800/
Portugueis7823/
Portugueiz7810/
Portugeys7113/
Pertiga6770/
Portugheis6722/
Partoga6712/
Portugheiz672/
Partiga671/
Pértiga671/

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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
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  • 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 Portugau
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