Portur Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Portur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Portur Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India121:63,922,115578,870
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Portur Last Name Facts

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

The surname Portur (Marathi: पोरतुर) occurs most in India. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portur? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Portur reside; 71 percent reside in South Asia and 71 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 63,922,115. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account India this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found.

Portur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Portur has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porteur9243/
Porture923/
Porthur922/
Portor83203/
Partur835/
Pertur834/
Paurtur775/
Parture771/
Parteur771/
Pertuir770/
Porthoor711/
Purtthur711/
Partor5041/
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Portur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Portur in the Marathi language
पोरतुरporatura85.71
पोतुर्रpoturra14.29

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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 Portur
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