How common is the surname Portnoy?

1,814 people in the United States had the surname Portnoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,202 Americans. It ranked 16,004th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Portnoy?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Portnoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Portnoy?

Mike Portnoy, American drummer.

Where is the surname Portnoy most common?

Wikidata records people named Portnoy in the United States.

Is the surname Portnoy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,814 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Portnoy

A surname, carried by 1,814 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Portnoy is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

From Russian портной (portnoj, “tailor”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,814 people named Portnoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,202 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,762.

#16,004

rank among US surnames

1,814

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #15,309)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,995	Strope	1,815	170,108
#16,004	Portnoy	1,814	170,202
#16,012	Hysell	1,813	170,295

Who is named Portnoy

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

96% of people named Portnoy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Portnoys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Portnoy
American drummer, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Portnoy

Portnoy has the Soundex code P635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P635.

Questions

Where does the surname Portnoy come from?: From Russian портной (portnoj, “tailor”).
How common is the surname Portnoy?: 1,814 people in the United States had the surname Portnoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,202 Americans. It ranked 16,004th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Portnoy?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Portnoy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Portnoy?: Mike Portnoy, American drummer.
Where is the surname Portnoy most common?: Wikidata records people named Portnoy in the United States.
Is the surname Portnoy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,762 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,814 in 2010, up 3.0%.