Pourtois Surname
Approximately 396 people bear this surname
Pourtois Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 393 | 1:29,254 | 4,713 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Pourtois Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pourtois Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pourtois has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pourtois? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 731,961st most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pourtois live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Pourtois is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 393 people, or 1 in 29,254. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Walloon Region, where 92 percent live, Flemish Region, where 6 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Belgium Pourtois occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live and Hong Kong, where 0 percent live.
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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 Pourtois
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