Portzehl Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Portzehl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portzehl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Portzehl Last Name Facts

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

Portzehl is most common in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Portzehl? popularity and diffusion

The last name Portzehl is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Portzehl occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Portzehl live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Portzehl is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany it is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 100 percent are found. Barring Germany Portzehl occurs in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Portzel9327/
Poertzel884/
Porzel86315/
Pertzel80312/
Porczel8062/
Purtzel8049/
Porzell8024/
Pörtzel8019/
Portsel806/
Pourzel801/
Pärtzel801/
Poerzel801/
Pfertzel75184/
Portchel751/
Porcel7117,180/
Perzel71321/
Pertzl7120/
Pörzel7116/
Parzel7112/
Pourcel671,067/
Porcell67445/
Porciel67389/
Perczel67332/
Pertsel6767/
Porchel6738/
Portschell6716/
Perzell675/
Partsel673/
Parzell672/
Parczel671/
Porscel670/

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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 Portzehl
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