Puertas Surname

20,577th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Andorra

Puertas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Puertas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain10,1711:4,597575
Colombia3,4031:14,0391,287
Argentina2,1831:19,5801,655
Venezuela2,1231:14,2271,172
Ecuador1,9391:8,2031,318
Peru1,7861:17,7962,168
Philippines8221:123,16121,170
Brazil7151:299,40511,533
United States7111:509,78842,749
Cuba6871:16,7731,126
France5941:111,82316,730
Mexico5911:210,0275,556
Panama2151:18,1971,266
Dominican Republic1541:67,7463,226
Chile771:228,7857,030
England481:1,160,79354,689
El Salvador451:140,9751,842
Belgium391:294,78634,540
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Nicaragua271:223,0032,652
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Andorra261:3,225636
Costa Rica261:183,8492,454
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Uruguay121:285,98020,148
Norway121:428,52437,411
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Honduras101:881,6444,379
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
China31:455,773,85521,925
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Puertas (51) may also be a first name.

Puertas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Puertas (Russian: Пуэртас) occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Puertas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Puertas? popularity and diffusion

Puertas is the 20,577th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 274,319 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Puertas reside; 46 percent reside in South America and 38 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 51 people.

The surname Puertas is most frequently occurring in Spain, where it is borne by 10,171 people, or 1 in 4,597. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Andalusia, where 34 percent are found, Catalonia, where 18 percent are found and Madrid, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Spain this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 13 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.

Puertas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Puertas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Puertas last name rose 23,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Puertas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Puertas surname are 41.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.16% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Puertas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.18% less than the national average, earning 276,236 kr per year; in Peru they earn 45.52% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,210 per year; in Colombia they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning $22,016,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.78% more than the national average, earning $44,348 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $52,544 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puerta9264,954/
Purtas9211/
Puertos862,777/
Poertas868/
Piertas867/
Puertaz865/
Puerrta861/
Peurtas861/
Pouerta861/
Pwertas861/
Purtays860/
Pourtash808/
Vhuertas801/
Puerto7739,259/
Buerta7724/
Pirtas7722/
Purtos777/
Puirta775/
Vuerta774/
Purtaś771/
Purtaş770/
Puhirta7121/
Pouerto7116/
Buertos712/
Poirtas712/
Puertoz711/
Puertto711/
Pirrtas711/
Piertaś711/
Piertos711/
Puertop711/
Purteus710/
Pourtois67396/
Pürtaş621,702/
Pirtaş621/
Buertey571,181/
Pirthos571/
Phirtosh531/
Pourtoix531/

Puertas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Puertas in the Russian language
Пуэртасpuertas-

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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
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  • 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 Puertas
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