Portella surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Portella surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 349 people carried this name — #58,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 337 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 238 people named Portella 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 99
Santa Fe 58
Salta 26
City of Buenos Aires 25
Tierra del Fuego 16
Corrientes 14

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 133 people named Portella.

63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Essonne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 63
Essonne 14
Pyrénées-Orientales 10
Gironde 8
Lot-et-Garonne 6
Rhône 5
Hérault 4
Aude 4
Haute-Marne 3

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 30 people named Portella 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 15
Liège 15

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Portella,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pilar Portella i Estrada
    Pilar Portella i Estrada 1870–1930 · painter
  • Petrônio Portella
    Petrônio Portella 1925–1980 · lawyer
  • Carme Portella i Feliu 1914–2014 · librarian
  • Louis Portella 1942– · Catholic priest
  • Jean-Claude Portella 1946– · politician
  • Patrick Portella 1953– · composer

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

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Surnames next to Portella.

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