Port Surname

35,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Port Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. . Perhaps an abbreviation of de la Porte; v. (a).

John le Port, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Charles le Port. Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi.

Oliva le Port. Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi.

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Port Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9431:91,92510,337
Brazil1,8961:112,9084,272
Germany1,8051:44,6015,846
England1,4011:39,7705,134
Australia8451:31,9484,245
France7371:90,12612,968
Egypt7021:130,96310,408
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
New Zealand2991:15,1452,634
Russia2611:552,19649,742
Canada2591:142,26114,635
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Czechia1921:55,3839,269
Spain1661:281,63917,320
Turkey1491:522,29129,341
South Africa1471:368,55633,364
Italy1361:449,68247,840
Liberia1031:42,8013,905
Portugal941:110,8325,195
India811:9,469,943186,993
Ukraine741:615,17266,879
Netherlands721:234,54430,714
Wales701:44,2084,243
Estonia691:19,1573,287
Hungary681:144,35713,146
Scotland501:107,0767,147
Moldova471:75,7749,893
Kazakhstan461:384,40230,298
Argentina301:1,424,78080,162
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Belarus251:380,04239,396
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Sweden211:468,89333,666
Austria161:532,21549,801
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
Iran151:5,118,835123,814
Philippines141:7,231,302192,576
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
China101:136,732,1577,199
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Azerbaijan81:1,206,14016,795
Barbados81:35,9311,672
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malta11:430,2723,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland291:152,7548,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7971:30,5844,079
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6941:72,3617,764

The alternate forms: Pořt (4) are calculated separately.

Port (316) may also be a first name.

Port Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. . Perhaps an abbreviation of de la Porte; v. (a).

John le Port, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Charles le Port. Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi.

Oliva le Port. Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi.

(2) Local, 'of the port.' Latin 'portus', a haven, as in Portsmouth; or Latin porta, a gate, as in portal, porter, portcullis. The same as Porter (a), which see, compare Kitchen and Kitchener, Spence and Spencer.

Hugh de la Port gave land to the Church of St. Peter, at Gloucester, 1096: Atkyns' History Gloucestershire.

William de la Porte, Close Roll, 39 Henry III.

Walter de la Porte, Somerset, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Henricus del Port, Buckinghamshire, ibid.

Adam ad Portam, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Robert ad Portam, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

1601. Baptised — Robert, s. Robert Porte: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Latin) Dweller at 1 a Harbour [Old English port, Latin port-us] 2 a (City-) Gate [Old English port, also French porte; Latin porta] Henricus del Port.—Hundred Rolls Walter de la Porte.—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller near the entrance or gate; one who acted as a gatekeeper.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Hugo de Port came into England at the Norman Conquest, and held fifty-five lordships in the counties of Hants and Dorset, as tenant in capite. One of his descendants assumed the surname of Saint-John. A Hubert de Port was also a tenant in capite in Hampshire, at the making of Domesday Book. Kelham's Domesday.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From port, a gate, as of a fortified place; a prefix of numerous local names. Lower says Hugo de Port came into England at the Norman Conquest; but that this name may be the same as the Ad Portam, or Atte-Gate of mediæval records. It may also sometimes be corrupted from the name Porret; from Porret, dep. La Manche, in Normandy.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

1. A baronial family. Adam, Robert, Henry, Ralph, Engelram de Portu, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). See Dugdale, Banks. The main line took the name of St. John. Hence the Earls and Viscounts Bolingbroke, and Lords St. John. 2. From Porta, Normandy. Roger de Porta, and many others 1180-98 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). From this family probably descended the Ports of Derby.

The Norman People (1874)

Fr., from the German, Port; from the Dutch, Porth, Porte; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Port Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Port Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Port (Russian: Порт) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant: Pořt. Click here for other possible spellings of Port.

How Common Is The Last Name Port? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 35,888th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 495,718 people. The surname Port occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Port are found; 29 percent are found in North America and 28 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 494,051st most common first name world-wide, held by 316 people.

The last name Port is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 3,943 people, or 1 in 91,925. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 13 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States Port exists in 110 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.

Port Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Port has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 568 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 263 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Port Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (90%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Port last name are 10.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.62% registered with the political party.

The amount Port earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.21% more than the national average, earning R 380,724 per year; in United States they earn 6.54% more than the national average, earning $45,970 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.25% more than the national average, earning $58,252 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pořt924/
Porte8917,835/
Porth892,600/
Poort892,189/
Ports89777/
Portt89151/
Pfort8959/
Pohrt8947/
Pourt896/
Poert894/
Portp892/
Phort891/
Pordt891/
Porht891/
Por8614,952/
Poiret804,122/
Portch80889/
Pforte80514/
Poorte80195/
Pfordt80130/
Porthe8088/
Poorts8084/
Pforts8028/
Pforth8019/
Phorth8014/
Poorth8014/
Pourte8011/
Portte808/
Portås804/
Phorte803/
Pordth801/
Portds801/
Pottrt801/
Phorts801/
Bportz801/
Pour75373,958/
Pore7520,000/
Poor758,666/
Part753,044/
Pert752,673/
Porr751,105/
Porh751,091/
Phor75371/
Porz75357/
Purt75341/
Pärt75156/
Pohr75110/
Pord7565/
Porč7540/
Poir7536/
Puor7519/
Porp7519/
Ppor7512/
Bpor7512/
Potr754/
Posr751/
Párt751/
Poyr751/
Portova73216/
Portová73206/
Pfordte73105/
Portsch73100/
Pourthe7328/
Poirret7327/
Poireth7310/
Poyrett730/
Parte6715,119/
Poore6712,623/
Parts672,168/
Phorh672,111/
Poire671,978/
Parth671,899/
Pforr671,242/
Poure67938/
Phore67893/
Poirette67615/
Pourr67565/
Porre67544/
Potrč67519/
Purtz67178/
Perth67176/
Pohre67150/
Pourd67140/
Porcz67133/
Partt6794/
Purte6765/
Potrz6751/
Pourz6747/
Phour6743/
Purth6736/
Phoor6726/
Pourp6718/
Paart6717/
Perrt6717/
Porhe6716/
Patrt6715/
Pfortsch6715/
Pottr6714/
Paert6714/
Phart6714/
Pourh679/
Hpour678/
Pfoor676/
Phosr676/
Pertt675/
Phuor675/
Purtt674/
Phorp674/
Parrt674/
Phord674/
Pardt674/
Posre674/
Phohr674/
Pfour673/
Poorh672/
Pojre672/
Paurt672/
Pourtova672/
Potrć672/
Poosr672/
Poohr672/
Peert671/
Purts671/
Ppore671/
Porgy671/
Porph671/
Poerd671/
Pford671/
Phorr671/
Poorr671/
Pohur671/
Porëe671/
Porthová671/
Hpoor671/
Bpoor671/
Bpour671/
Bpore671/
Phorë671/
Poysr670/
Pfert670/
Pords670/
Pfohr670/

Port Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Port in the Russian language
Портport-

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