How common is the surname Laporta?

1,540 people in the United States had the surname Laporta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Laporta?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laporta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Laporta?

Sam LaPorta, American football player (born 2001), followed by Matt LaPorta.

Where is the surname Laporta most common?

Wikidata records people named Laporta in the United States.

Is the surname Laporta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Laporta

An Italian surname, carried by 1,540 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laporta is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian La Porta.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,540 people named Laporta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,455.

#18,090

rank among US surnames

1,540

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,755)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,089	Frasca	1,541	200,354
#18,090	Zeh	1,540	200,484
#18,098	Quayle	1,539	200,614

Who is named Laporta

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

92% of people named Laporta identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.2%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Laportas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam LaPorta
American football player (born 2001)
Matt LaPorta
American baseball player, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Laporta

Laporta has the Soundex code L163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L163.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Laporta come from?: Borrowed from Italian La Porta.
How common is the surname Laporta?: 1,540 people in the United States had the surname Laporta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,484 Americans. It ranked 18,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Laporta?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laporta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Laporta?: Sam LaPorta, American football player (born 2001), followed by Matt LaPorta.
Where is the surname Laporta most common?: Wikidata records people named Laporta in the United States.
Is the surname Laporta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,455 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,540 in 2010, up 5.8%.