People with the last name Porter
156,720
About 1 in 2,115 Americans had this surname in the 2020 Census.
Aggregated, privacy-protected national data. No individual records are included.
U.S. surname statistics
How common is Porter?
Porter was the #165 most frequent surname in the 2020 Census.
National rank
#165
Among published U.S. surnames
Census count
156,720
People in the 2020 national table
Census frequency
1 in 2,115
Across the 2020 U.S. population
Demographic distribution
Aggregated race and Hispanic-origin reporting in the 2020 Census name table.
What this count includes
The Census Bureau’s surname table is a national statistical release. It counts people who reported Porter as a last name and publishes only surnames occurring at least 100 times.
The values contain privacy-protecting statistical noise. They are excellent for understanding national frequency, but small differences should not be read as exact headcounts.
Demographic distribution describes the aggregate Census categories among bearers of the surname. It does not establish any individual’s identity, ancestry, or nationality.
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