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    The surname Porteous

    An English occupational surname, carried by 981 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P632

    Porteous: #25,255 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Porteous #25,255, 981 people Porteous: #25,255 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Porteous #25,255, 981 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Porteous is more common than 84.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two possible origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”). * From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.

    Porteous is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 981 people named Porteous in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 314,725 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 904.

    #25,255
    rank among US surnames
    981
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #25,633)

    Who is named Porteous

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

    81% of people named Porteous identified as white (not Hispanic), 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Porteouss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Julian Porteous
      Australian archbishop, born 1949

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    Surnames that sound like Porteous

    Porteous has the Soundex code P632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P632.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Porteous come from?
    Two possible origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”). * From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable…
    How common is the surname Porteous?
    981 people in the United States had the surname Porteous in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 314,725 Americans. It ranked 25,255th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Porteous?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Porteous identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Porteous?
    Julian Porteous, Australian archbishop.
    Where is the surname Porteous most common?
    Wikidata records people named Porteous in Australia.
    What type of surname is Porteous?
    Porteous is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Porteous getting more or less common?
    More common. 904 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 981 in 2010, up 8.5%.