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    The surname Puerta

    A surname, carried by 1,356 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Puerta: #19,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Puerta #19,823, 1,356 people Puerta: #19,823 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Puerta #19,823, 1,356 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Puerta is more common than 87.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,356 people named Puerta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 227,688 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 912.

    #19,823
    rank among US surnames
    1,356
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.7%
    change since 2000 (was #25,466)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,814Eckler1,357227,521
    #19,823Zaki1,356227,688

    Who is named Puerta

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

    93% of people named Puerta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Puertas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mariano Puerta
      Argentine tennis player, born 1978
    • Ramón Puerta
      Argentine politician and lawyer, born 1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Puerta

    Puerta 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 Puerta?
    1,356 people in the United States had the surname Puerta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 227,688 Americans. It ranked 19,823rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Puerta?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Puerta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Puerta?
    Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player, followed by Ramón Puerta.
    Where is the surname Puerta most common?
    Wikidata records people named Puerta in Argentina.
    Is the surname Puerta getting more or less common?
    More common. 912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,356 in 2010, up 49%.