The Porta surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,434 people carried this name — #17,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 759 people named Porta.
161 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
331 people named Porta live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Porta live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Porta.
- Porras 9,419 · U.S. census
- Porraz 213 · U.S. census
- Porretta 395 · U.S. census
- Porrini 200 · U.S. census
- Porro 630 · U.S. census
- Port 2,797 · U.S. census
- Portal 823 · U.S. census
- Portales 1,178 · U.S. census
- Portas 193 · U.S. census
- Porte 739 · U.S. census
- Portela 1,118 · U.S. census
- Portella 337 · U.S. census
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