Portzek Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Portzek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Portzek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Portzek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Portzek is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Portzek? popularity and diffusion

Portzek is the 6,063,924th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Portzek live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Poland, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Porczek86207/
Partzek8625/
Porcek77143/
Parzek7732/
Porzec7717/
Perzek776/
Porzyk772/
Porzik771/
Pordzik71550/
Porczyk71447/
Perczek7123/
Portzig713/
Pertzik713/
Porceak712/
Partsek711/
Porzsik711/
Parczek711/
Portcik711/
Pertdcek671/

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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 Portzek
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