Portén Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Portén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Porten (1,929) are calculated separately.
Portén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Portén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Portén is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Porten. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Portén? popularity and diffusion
Portén is the 3,957,383rd most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Portén are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Portén is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 410,282. In Sweden Portén is most numerous in: Värmland County, where 92 percent live and Stockholm County, where 8 percent live. Barring Sweden this surname is found in one country. It is also found in China, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porten | 94 | 1,929 | / |
| Porthén | 92 | 36 | / |
| Portin | 83 | 1,150 | / |
| Porthen | 77 | 291 | / |
| Poorten | 77 | 187 | / |
| Porting | 77 | 173 | / |
| Portina | 77 | 41 | / |
| Pourtin | 77 | 23 | / |
| Portion | 77 | 19 | / |
| Porteen | 77 | 11 | / |
| Porthin | 77 | 9 | / |
| Portten | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pforten | 77 | 9 | / |
| Porttin | 77 | 9 | / |
| Perthén | 77 | 1 | / |
| Portuin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Portien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Portenn | 77 | 0 | / |
| Partn | 73 | 7 | / |
| Purtn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pertn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Portnova | 71 | 8,651 | / |
| Pfordten | 71 | 24 | / |
| Portnowa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poorting | 71 | 2 | / |
| Partin | 67 | 10,651 | / |
| Pertin | 67 | 7,066 | / |
| Parten | 67 | 1,909 | / |
| Portem | 67 | 689 | / |
| Perten | 67 | 108 | / |
| Partyn | 67 | 77 | / |
| Pärtin | 67 | 42 | / |
| Purtin | 67 | 26 | / |
| Purten | 67 | 6 | / |
| Partne | 67 | 4 | / |
| Portim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Portinova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Porthnova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pürten | 67 | 2 | / |
| Portenova | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Portén
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