How common is the surname Portwood?

2,093 people in the United States had the surname Portwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. It ranked 14,299th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Portwood getting more or less common?

About as common. 2,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,093 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Portwood

A surname, carried by 2,093 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P633

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Portwood is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

An English surname that is said to mean "town of the gate by the wood." The name has been known in the US since 1679.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,093 people named Portwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,094.

#14,299

rank among US surnames

2,093

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #13,347)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,294	Oehler	2,095	147,373
#14,296	Yamasaki	2,094	147,443
#14,299	Baggs	2,093	147,513
#14,307	Rakowski	2,092	147,584

Who is named Portwood

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

90% of people named Portwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Portwood?: 2,093 people in the United States had the surname Portwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,513 Americans. It ranked 14,299th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Portwood?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Portwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Portwood getting more or less common?: About as common. 2,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,093 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.