Portwood Surname
Approximately 2,956 people bear this surname
Portwood Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,691 | 1:134,693 | 14,107 |
| England | 183 | 1:304,470 | 23,072 |
| Canada | 28 | 1:1,315,914 | 92,927 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 71 | 1:343,315 | 22,014 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 477 | 1:105,280 | 10,575 |
Portwood Demographics
Average Male Portwood Height
179 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Portwood Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portwood Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Portwood is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Portwood? popularity and diffusion
The surname Portwood is the 149,466th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,465,340 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Portwood are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2,691 people, or 1 in 134,693. In The United States Portwood is primarily concentrated in: Missouri, where 12 percent reside, Georgia, where 10 percent reside and Kentucky, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States Portwood exists in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Portwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Portwood has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Portwood last name rose 564 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 258 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Portwood Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Portwood surname are 28.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.96% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Portwood earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 1.46% less than the national average, earning $42,518 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.74% more than the national average, earning $71,416 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pretwood | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pertwood | 88 | 1 | / |
| Partwood | 88 | 1 | / |
| Protwood | 88 | 0 | / |
| Portodo | 80 | 343 | / |
| Poordawood | 78 | 5 | / |
| Prettywood | 78 | 0 | / |
| Paratood | 75 | 14 | / |
| Bretwood | 75 | 4 | / |
| Portoudi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Porodood | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bartwood | 75 | 0 | / |
| Burtwood | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bertwood | 75 | 0 | / |
| Porwowidodo | 74 | 6 | / |
| Prouty-Wood | 74 | 1 | / |
| Brettwood | 71 | 29 | / |
| Partod | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ported | 71 | 8 | / |
| Perdawood | 71 | 8 | / |
| Portot | 71 | 6 | / |
| Porwidodo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pirdawood | 71 | 3 | / |
| Portoudeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pratod | 71 | 1 | / |
| Portada | 67 | 979 | / |
| Portado | 67 | 307 | / |
| Bortoto | 67 | 265 | / |
| Portudo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Portaud | 67 | 27 | / |
| Partoud | 67 | 18 | / |
| Brightwood | 67 | 17 | / |
| Portida | 67 | 9 | / |
| Partwad | 67 | 8 | / |
| Paratod | 67 | 6 | / |
| Poritud | 67 | 5 | / |
| Protodi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Portato | 67 | 4 | / |
| Prototo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Partodi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Purdy-Wood | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pertodo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bordood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portide | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porteda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poratot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Partode | 67 | 1 | / |
| Partodo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pertodi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poradaoode | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pordito | 67 | 1 | / |
| Portido | 67 | 1 | / |
| Britt-Wood | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bortodo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bortołd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poratiotto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prytoda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Partwaad | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pardwad | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pertuot | 53 | 0 | / |
| Parthuad | 50 | 1 | / |
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Portwood Reference & Research
Portwood FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Portwood
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis