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    The surname Porto

    A surname, carried by 3,526 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Porto: #9,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Porto #9,234, 3,526 people Porto: #9,234 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Porto #9,234, 3,526 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Porto is more common than 94.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,526 people named Porto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,563 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,764.

    #9,234
    rank among US surnames
    3,526
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,634)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,227Baugher3,52987,488
    #9,232Oney3,52887,513
    #9,233McGlone3,52787,538
    #9,234Porto3,52687,563
    #9,236Trader3,52587,587
    #9,237Bennet3,52387,637

    Who is named Porto

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

    73% of people named Porto identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Porto

    Porto has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Porto?
    3,526 people in the United States had the surname Porto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,563 Americans. It ranked 9,234th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Porto?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Porto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Porto getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,764 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,526 in 2010, up 28%.