The Portier surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 792 people carried this name — #28,375 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 3,266 people named Portier.
56 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 89 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 217 people named Portier 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
113 people named Portier 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
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Portier.
- Portelli 583 · U.S. census
- Portello 254 · U.S. census
- Porter 156,848 · U.S. census
- Porterie 115 · U.S. census
- Portes 441 · U.S. census
- Portie 172 · U.S. census
- Portillo 24,008 · U.S. census
- Portmann 284 · U.S. census
- Porto 2,764 · U.S. census
- Portugal 1,767 · U.S. census
- Porzio 686 · U.S. census
- Pose 274 · U.S. census
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