How common is the surname Newport?

4,235 people in the United States had the surname Newport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,903 Americans. It ranked 7,816th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Newport?

Cal Newport, American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer, followed by George Newport.

Where is the surname Newport most common?

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

How do you pronounce Newport?

Newport is /ˈnupɔɹt/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Newport getting more or less common?

More common. 4,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,235 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Newport

A place surname, carried by 4,235 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈnupɔɹt/ 2 syllables Soundex N163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Newport is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

From new + port.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,235 people named Newport in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,903 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,225.

#7,816

rank among US surnames

4,235

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,274)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921
#7,821	Powe	4,233	72,938

Who is named Newport

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

92% of people named Newport identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Newports

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cal Newport
American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer, born 1982
George Newport
British entomologist (1803-1854)

Notable Newports come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Questions

Where does the surname Newport come from?: From new + port.
How common is the surname Newport?: 4,235 people in the United States had the surname Newport in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,903 Americans. It ranked 7,816th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Newport?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Newport identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Newport?: Cal Newport, American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer, followed by George Newport.
Where is the surname Newport most common?: Wikidata records people named Newport in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Newport?: Newport is /ˈnupɔɹt/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Newport?: Newport is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Newport getting more or less common?: More common. 4,225 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,235 in 2010, up 0.2%.