# Newport (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/newport/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English habitational surname from the places in Britain.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,235 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,816 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,903 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (4,225 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnupɔɹt/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From new + port.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Newport in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Newport in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Newport

- Cal Newport, American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer
- George Newport, British entomologist (1803-1854)

## Similar surnames

Navarrete, Navarrette, Neubert, Navarette, Navratil.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.