Portier
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname, Portier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Porter
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/pɔʁtje/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Portier is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 21K
- BEBelgium1 in 27K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 258 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname, Portier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Porter
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Portier counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #816 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 737 | Portier | 258 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 838 | 1 in 21K | 838 | Portier | 27 |
| US United States | — | 733 | 1 in 454K | 916 | Portier | 112 |
| BE Belgium | — | 439 | 1 in 27K | 439 | Portier | 45 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 925K | — | Portier | 19 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 115 | 1 in 73K | 115 | Portier | 23 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Portier is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Dutch, doorman, gatekeeper, porter, doorkeeper
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vec, gatekeeper, doorman
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, doorman, porter
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Luxembourgish, porter, doorman
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, doorman
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pieter Portierb. 1698NLdrawer from the Netherlands (1698–1781)
- André Portierb. 1702FRFrench architect
- Michael Portierb. 1795FRCatholic bishop (1795-1859)
- Paul Portierb. 1866FRFrench zoologist (1866–1962)
- Francis Portierb. 1876CHSwiss painter (1876-1961)
- Henri Portierb. 1921FRFrench politician (1921–2009)
- Philippe Portierb. 1955FRFrench political scientist
- Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbachb. 1962FRFrench journalist
- Franck Portierb. 1964FReconomist (Toulouse School of Economics (TSE))
- Alexandre Portierb. 1990FRFrench politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 997 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 916 | #27,817 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 838 | #2,124 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 816 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 815 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 810 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 792 | #28,375 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 749 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 737 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 733 | #31,554 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 678 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Portier mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname, Portier, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Porter Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Portier?
- A machine transcription gives /pɔʁtje/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Portier have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Portier in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled portier.
- How common is the name Portier?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 838 people named Portier in 2007, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.
- How common is Portier compared with other names?
- In France, Portier is the 816th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Portier?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/portierThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Portier” — the 816th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.