Last Name PORTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The porter, a carrier, from French 'porteur.' Also a door-keeper, from French 'portier.'

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Spanish, Dutch, Native American, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian

Rank	148 (2000 US census)	129 (1990 US census)

Count	156,848 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.19%, or 111660 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
24.44%, or 38334 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 659 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.75%, or 1176 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.62%, or 2541 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.58%, or 2478 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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