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    The surname Portal

    A surname, carried by 1,100 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P634

    Portal: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Portal #23,185, 1,100 people Portal: #23,185 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Portal #23,185, 1,100 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Portal is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,100 people named Portal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 823.

    #23,185
    rank among US surnames
    1,100
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,562)

    Who is named Portal

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

    76% of people named Portal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 23% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Portal

    Portal has the Soundex code P634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P634.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Portal?
    1,100 people in the United States had the surname Portal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,678 Americans. It ranked 23,185th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Portal?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Portal identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 23% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Portal getting more or less common?
    More common. 823 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,100 in 2010, up 34%.