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    The surname Allport

    An English place surname, carried by 635 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A416

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Allport is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from a place called Alport in Derbyshire, from Old English eald (“old”) + port.

    Allport is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 635 people named Allport in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 580.

    #35,447
    rank among US surnames
    635
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #36,421)

    Who is named Allport

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Allport identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Allports

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gordon Allport
      American psychologist (1897–1967)
    • Christopher Allport
      American actor (1947–2008)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Allport

    Allport has the Soundex code A416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A416.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Allport come from?
    Habitational surname from a place called Alport in Derbyshire, from Old English eald (“old”) + port.
    How common is the surname Allport?
    635 people in the United States had the surname Allport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 486,213 Americans. It ranked 35,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Allport?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Allport identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Allport?
    Gordon Allport, American psychologist (1897–1967), followed by Christopher Allport.
    Where is the surname Allport most common?
    Wikidata records people named Allport in the United States.
    What type of surname is Allport?
    Allport is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Allport getting more or less common?
    More common. 580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 635 in 2010, up 9.5%.