Last Name PORCH

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Meaning	Local: At the porch. Medieval English 'porche,' a covered entrance or portico. Probably a door-keeper, or doorward. Thes surname seems to have corrupted into Porridge.

Origin	English, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	10,527 (2000 US census)	8,442 (1990 US census)

Count	2,796 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

67.1%, or 1876 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
29.15%, or 815 total occurrences, as black,
0.25%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.72%, or 20 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.57%, or 44 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.22%, or 34 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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