# Puerto (surname)

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

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,673 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,984 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 184,546 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (1,130 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Puerto 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) | 5.2% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Similar surnames

Prieto, Pruett, Peart, Porto, Puerta, Proto, Prato, Purohit, Pratt, Pruitt, Prado, Perdue.

## 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.