The surname Portillo
A Spanish surname, carried by 37,890 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P634
Origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Portillo.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 37,890 people named Portillo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,148 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,008.
Who is named Portillo
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Portillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Portillo
Portillo has the Soundex code P634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P634.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Portillo come from?
- From Spanish Portillo.
- How common is the surname Portillo?
- 37,890 people in the United States had the surname Portillo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,148 Americans. It ranked 914th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Portillo?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Portillo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Portillo getting more or less common?
- More common. 24,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,890 in 2010, up 58%.