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    The surname Porche

    A surname, carried by 2,251 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Porche: #13,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Porche #13,494, 2,251 people Porche: #13,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Porche #13,494, 2,251 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Porche is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,251 people named Porche in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,159 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,105.

    #13,494
    rank among US surnames
    2,251
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #13,291)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,486Freda2,253137,038
    #13,491Hillenbrand2,252137,098
    #13,494Porche2,251137,159
    #13,497Bellino2,250137,220
    #13,502Nehring2,248137,342

    Who is named Porche

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

    59% of people named Porche identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Porche

    Porche has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Porche?
    2,251 people in the United States had the surname Porche in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,159 Americans. It ranked 13,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Porche?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Porche identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Porche getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,251 in 2010, up 6.9%.