Pörtfors Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Pörtfors Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 42 | 1:130,874 | 12,452 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
The alternate forms: Portfors (48) are calculated separately.
Pörtfors Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pörtfors Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pörtfors is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Portfors. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pörtfors? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pörtfors live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
The last name Pörtfors is most commonly used in Finland, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 130,874. In Finland Pörtfors is mostly found in: Ostrobothnia, where 64 percent live, Southwest Finland, where 14 percent live and Uusimaa, where 12 percent live. Outside of Finland it occurs in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfors | 96 | 48 | / |
| Bärtfors | 75 | 24 | / |
| Bråtfors | 75 | 8 | / |
| Brattfors | 71 | 30 | / |
| Brattefors | 67 | 3 | / |
| Portovaras | 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 Pörtfors
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