# Portman (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,621 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,406 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 190,466 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (1,464 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From port + man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Portman 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Portman in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Portman

- Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
- Rachel Portman, British composer
- Eric Portman, British actor (1901-1969)
- John C. Portman Jr., American architect and real estate developer (1924-2017)
- Richard Portman, American sound engineer (1934-2017)

## Similar surnames

Prettyman, Partain, Portnoy, Portuondo, Perdomo, Partin, Parton, Prudhomme, Pridemore, Pruden, Pradhan, Prudencio.

## 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.