The Porto surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,526 people carried this name — #9,234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 83,300 people counted. That is up 28% from 2,764 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,210 people named Porto 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Porto live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 67 people named Porto.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Porto in American newspapers,
1900–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 745,883 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Porto,
with a public archive behind them.
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António da Silva Porto 1817–1890 · sertanista -
António Carvalho de Silva Porto 1850–1893 · painter -
Francisco Porto Rey 1876–1941 · writer -
Angélica Viana Porto 1881–1938 · activist -
Manuela Porto 1908–1950 · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 105 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Porto.
- Porterie 122 · U.S. census
- Portes 686 · U.S. census
- Portie 182 · U.S. census
- Portier 733 · U.S. census
- Portillo 37,890 · U.S. census
- Portmann 341 · U.S. census
- Portugal 2,263 · U.S. census
- Porzio 660 · U.S. census
- Pose 275 · U.S. census
- Poser 448 · U.S. census
- Poss 3,209 · U.S. census
- Posson 203 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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