How common is the surname Porta?

1,461 people in the United States had the surname Porta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. It ranked 18,766th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Porta?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Porta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Porta?

Antonio Porta, Argentine basketball player (born 1983), followed by Richard Porta.

Where is the surname Porta most common?

Wikidata records people named Porta in Argentina and Australia.

Is the surname Porta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,461 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Porta

A surname, carried by 1,461 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Porta is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,461 people named Porta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,434.

#18,766

rank among US surnames

1,461

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,960)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,757	Wilker	1,462	211,180
#18,766	Graddy	1,461	211,325

Who is named Porta

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

76% of people named Porta identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Portas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Antonio Porta
Argentine basketball player (born 1983)
Richard Porta
Australian soccer player (born 1983)
Hugo Porta
Argentine rugby union player, born 1951

Notable Portas come mostly from Argentina (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Porta

Porta 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 Porta?: 1,461 people in the United States had the surname Porta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,325 Americans. It ranked 18,766th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Porta?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Porta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Porta?: Antonio Porta, Argentine basketball player (born 1983), followed by Richard Porta.
Where is the surname Porta most common?: Wikidata records people named Porta in Argentina and Australia.
Is the surname Porta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,434 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,461 in 2010, up 1.9%.