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The Port surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,800 people carried this name — #11,283 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,797).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 303 people named Port.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 166
Nord 27
Paris 21
Meurthe-et-Moselle 14
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 9
Pyrénées-Orientales 8
Aude 7
Oise 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 26 people named Port 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Port is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Port in American newspapers,
1790–1921.

Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Port
The Port Gibson Reveille 1921-07-21
Newspaper page from The New-hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser carrying the name Port
The New-hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser 1790-12-18
Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Port
The Port Gibson Reveille 1917-08-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,297,456 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Port,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Port
    John Port 1510–1557 · politician
  • Elizabeth Port 1530–
  • Georgina Mary Ann Port 1771–1850
  • Arnold Dodel-Port 1843–1908 · writer
  • Frieda Port 1854–1926 · poet
  • Carolina Port 1856–1915 · artist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Port.

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