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

The Portelli surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 583 people carried this name — #36,276 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 423 people named Portelli.

Most of them — 243 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 243
Seine-Saint-Denis 81
Bouches-du-Rhône 50
Essonne 9
Gironde 8
Paris 6
Gard 4
Haute-Garonne 4
Rhône 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Portelli live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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 6
Zurich 6
Zug 4
Aargau 3
Geneva 3

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Portelli is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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