Pourtales Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Pourtales Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pourtales Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France631:1,054,329115,549
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Pourtalès (2) are calculated separately.

Pourtales Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pourtales occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Pourtalès. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourtales? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,091,648th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Pourtales are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most numerous in France, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 1,054,329. In France it is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 65 percent reside, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 22 percent reside and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 3 percent reside. Apart from France it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Portugal, where 5 percent reside.

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Footnotes

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