ter Poorten Surname

2,106,139th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

ter Poorten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

ter Poorten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands611:276,83934,217
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

ter Poorten Last Name Facts

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

ter Poorten is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name ter Poorten? popularity and diffusion

The last name ter Poorten is the 2,106,139th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 91,094,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of ter Poorten live; 76 percent live in Western Europe and 76 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 276,839. In The Netherlands ter Poorten is mostly found in: North Holland, where 33 percent live, South Holland, where 18 percent live and Flevoland, where 16 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

ter Poorten Last Name Statistics demography

ter Poorten earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 12.22% less than the national average, earning R 208,596 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terpoorten95204/
Terporten90459/

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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 ter Poorten
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