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    The surname Puerto

    A Spanish surname, carried by 1,673 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Puerto: #16,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Puerto #16,984, 1,673 people Puerto: #16,984 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Puerto #16,984, 1,673 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Puerto is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,673 people named Puerto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,546 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,130.

    #16,984
    rank among US surnames
    1,673
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +48.1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,540)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,975Vanvliet1,674184,436
    #16,984Arita1,673184,546
    #16,993Rodger1,672184,656

    Who is named Puerto

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

    88% of people named Puerto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Puerto

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Puerto come from?
    Puerto is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Puerto?
    1,673 people in the United States had the surname Puerto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,546 Americans. It ranked 16,984th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Puerto?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Puerto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Puerto getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,673 in 2010, up 48%.