The Porras surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,106 people carried this name — #2,962 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,400 people counted. That is up 29% from 9,419 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Porras surname
Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Porras
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Porras» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,532 people named Porras live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Porras.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
77 people named Porras live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
80 people named Porras is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Porras in American newspapers,
1913–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,311 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Porras,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafaela Porras y Ayllón 1850–1925 · nun -
Belisario Porras Barahona 1856–1942 · lawyer -
Meliton F. Porras Osores 1860–1944 · politician -
Antonio Porras 1886–1970 · writer -
Antonio Porras 1895–1970 · writer
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Melitón Porras Díaz 1826–1906 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Porras.
- Pore 771 · U.S. census
- Porebski 154 · U.S. census
- Poree 242 · U.S. census
- Poret 222 · U.S. census
- Porier 143 · U.S. census
- Porlier 133 · U.S. census
- Porraz 224 · U.S. census
- Porretta 355 · U.S. census
- Porrini 221 · U.S. census
- Porro 567 · U.S. census
- Port 2,800 · U.S. census
- Porta 1,461 · U.S. census
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