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    The surname Portales

    A surname, carried by 1,578 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P634

    Portales: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Portales #17,752, 1,578 people Portales: #17,752 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Portales #17,752, 1,578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Portales is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,578 people named Portales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,178.

    #17,752
    rank among US surnames
    1,578
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34%
    change since 2000 (was #20,831)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,745Zacher1,579195,532
    #17,752Deo1,578195,656

    Who is named Portales

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

    94% of people named Portales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Portales

    Portales 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 Portales?
    1,578 people in the United States had the surname Portales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,656 Americans. It ranked 17,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Portales?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Portales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Portales getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,578 in 2010, up 34%.