The Puerta surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,356 people carried this name — #19,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 217,400 people counted. That is up 49% from 912 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,471 people named Puerta 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Puerta.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Var.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Puerta live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Puerta,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego Puerta 1941–2011 · bullfighter
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Ramón Puerta 1951– · politician
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Carmen Puerta Extremera 1963– · poet
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Carlos Puerta 1965– · penciller
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Lina Puerta 1969– · visual artist
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Mariano Puerta 1978– · tennis player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Puerta.
- Pucel 259 · U.S. census
- Puch 291 · U.S. census
- Puche 107 · U.S. census
- Pucheu 128 · U.S. census
- Pue 291 · U.S. census
- Puente 14,966 · U.S. census
- Puertas 593 · U.S. census
- Puerto 1,673 · U.S. census
- Puga 7,056 · U.S. census
- Puglia 1,122 · U.S. census
- Pugliese 5,126 · U.S. census
- Pugliesi 178 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Puerta is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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