Portugues Surname

158,120th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,764 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Portugues Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portugues Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain9601:48,7004,580
Philippines6591:153,62425,528
Brazil5031:425,59516,163
Mexico1681:738,84611,142
United States1151:3,151,817182,069
France1051:632,59782,532
Venezuela831:363,9057,786
Israel431:199,01519,367
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
Colombia241:1,990,58612,178
Peru171:1,869,65424,503
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
Cape Verde41:132,4104,291
Nicaragua31:2,007,0306,490
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Portugues (14) may also be a first name.

Portugues Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portugues has its highest incidence in Spain. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portugues? popularity and diffusion

It is the 158,120th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,636,594 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 39 percent of Portugues live; 35 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 35 percent live in Iberian Europe. Portugues is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename world-wide, held by 14 people.

The last name Portugues is most frequent in Spain, where it is held by 960 people, or 1 in 48,700. In Spain it is most numerous in: Valencian Community, where 33 percent live, Madrid, where 14 percent live and Castilla-La Mancha, where 12 percent live. Barring Spain it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 24 percent live and Brazil, where 18 percent live.

Portugues Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Portugues are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Portugues earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 48.86% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,914 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.07% less than the national average, earning $22,004,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 0.46% less than the national average, earning $42,950 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.43% more than the national average, earning $67,783 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
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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 Portugues
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