# Portis (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/portis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,274 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,877 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 94,302 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (2,863 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Portis in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Portis in the United States.

## People named Portis

- Bobby Portis, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Charles Portis, American writer (1933–2020)
- Clinton Portis, American football player, running back

## Similar surnames

Pritts, Porteous, Portugal, Paredes, Pritchard, Pritchett, Paradis, Pridgen, Paradise, Paradiso, Paredez, Partyka.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.