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The Portal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,100 people carried this name — #23,185 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is up 34% from 823 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 4,890 people named Portal 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 Jujuy.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Jujuy 1,442
Salta 1,360
Buenos Aires Province 985
Mendoza 217
City of Buenos Aires 200
Córdoba 161
Tucumán 88
Chaco 86

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 2,768 people named Portal.

62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Haute-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 62
Haute-Loire 313
Paris 237
Lozère 231
Aveyron 201
Gard 184
Cantal 166
Hérault 155
Var 145

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

49 people named Portal 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

Vaud 16
Fribourg 9
Zurich 9
Aargau 4
Geneva 4
Ticino 4
Bern 3

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.

Who carried it

People named Portal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eveline Maude Portal d. 1945
  • Elizabeth Drummond d. 1877
  • Mary Corrie d. 1813
  • Helen Portal d. 1927
  • Frances Portal d. 1892
  • Charlotte Portal d. 1815

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Portal.

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