Portis Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Northumberland 5
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Portis Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Portis family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 2
Engine Man 1
Independant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Portis

Name Census Frequency
Thomas Portis 15
William Portis 8
Elizabeth Portis 7
Albert Portis 6
Ellen Portis 6
John Portis 6
Robert Portis 6
Ann Portis 5
Florence Portis 5
Mary Portis 5
George Portis 4
Joseph Portis 4
Margaret Portis 4
Alfred Portis 3
Arthur Portis 3
Charles Portis 3
Edward Portis 3
Herbert Portis 3
Mabel Portis 3
Annie Portis 2
Emma Portis 2
Frederick Portis 2
Grace Portis 2
Isabella Portis 2
Ivy Portis 2

Portis Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Porteous 63% 3,626
2 Partis 83% 1,695
3 Porteus 71% 1,589
4 Portas 83% 1,399
5 Portus 83% 334
6 Ports 83% 331
7 Portes 83% 256
8 Portis 100% 156
9 Partes 67% 110

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The surname Portis is the 8th most popular variant of Porteous.

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