How common is the surname Port?

2,800 people in the United States had the surname Port in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,266 Americans. It ranked 11,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Port?

Whitney Port, American fashion designer.

Where is the surname Port most common?

Wikidata records people named Port in the United States.

How do you pronounce Port?

Port is /pɔɹt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Port getting more or less common?

More common. 2,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,800 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Port

A surname, carried by 2,800 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pɔɹt/ 1 syllable Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Port is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,800 people named Port in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,266 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,797.

#11,283

rank among US surnames

2,800

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,524)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,275	Keese	2,802	110,188
#11,279	Wilford	2,801	110,227
#11,283	Rasberry	2,800	110,266
#11,288	Eveland	2,799	110,306
#11,290	Auld	2,798	110,345

Who is named Port

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

92% of people named Port identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ports

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Whitney Port
American fashion designer, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Port

Port has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

Questions

How common is the surname Port?: 2,800 people in the United States had the surname Port in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,266 Americans. It ranked 11,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Port?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Port identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Port?: Whitney Port, American fashion designer.
Where is the surname Port most common?: Wikidata records people named Port in the United States.
How do you pronounce Port?: Port is /pɔɹt/, one syllable.
Is the surname Port getting more or less common?: More common. 2,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,800 in 2010, up 0.1%.