How Many People Have the Last Name Porter?
people had the surname Porter in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,809 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+6,206 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Porter (68.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 25.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Porter ranks #111. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 71.2% to 68.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Porter grew from 156,848 people in 2000 to 163,054 in 2010 (up 4%), and its rank fell from #148 to #159. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 58.14 to 55.28 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 156,848 | 163,054 |
| Rank | #148 | #159 |
| Per 100,000 people | 58.14 | 55.28 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Porter
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Porter: P636
👤 Porter as a First Name
Porter is a first name too: about 17,810 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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