Porta Surname
Approximately 35,396 people bear this surname
Porta Surname Definition:
Surname from Italy. Name of village near Oviedo and near Lugo. Derived from "pontear," meaning bridges, particularly applying to those undergoing construction.
"Portas" comes from the latin "portus" and means an opening or a pass.
Catalan name.
Read More About This SurnamePorta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 13,571 | 1:4,506 | 477 |
| Spain | 5,034 | 1:9,287 | 1,099 |
| Argentina | 4,289 | 1:9,966 | 949 |
| United States | 2,367 | 1:153,130 | 15,705 |
| Peru | 2,029 | 1:15,665 | 1,977 |
| France | 1,780 | 1:37,316 | 4,597 |
| Brazil | 1,284 | 1:166,725 | 6,420 |
| Philippines | 1,233 | 1:82,107 | 14,220 |
| Uruguay | 413 | 1:8,309 | 932 |
| Switzerland | 401 | 1:20,481 | 3,291 |
| Colombia | 282 | 1:169,412 | 4,598 |
| Mexico | 263 | 1:471,963 | 8,697 |
| Nicaragua | 226 | 1:26,642 | 1,088 |
| Germany | 203 | 1:396,579 | 36,740 |
| Australia | 200 | 1:134,979 | 14,603 |
| Venezuela | 196 | 1:154,102 | 4,702 |
| Chile | 170 | 1:103,626 | 3,881 |
| Belgium | 163 | 1:70,532 | 11,263 |
| Cuba | 138 | 1:83,498 | 2,741 |
| Austria | 105 | 1:81,099 | 12,173 |
| Canada | 88 | 1:418,700 | 36,754 |
| Guatemala | 87 | 1:184,858 | 3,706 |
| Portugal | 85 | 1:122,568 | 5,627 |
| Costa Rica | 80 | 1:59,751 | 1,275 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Paraguay | 76 | 1:95,220 | 2,267 |
| Turkey | 72 | 1:1,080,853 | 47,659 |
| Romania | 62 | 1:323,837 | 28,474 |
| Andorra | 53 | 1:1,582 | 286 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Panama | 35 | 1:111,779 | 4,120 |
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Ecuador | 29 | 1:548,477 | 11,265 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Porta (1,099) may also be a first name.
Porta Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Surname from Italy. Name of village near Oviedo and near Lugo. Derived from "pontear," meaning bridges, particularly applying to those undergoing construction.
"Portas" comes from the latin "portus" and means an opening or a pass.
Catalan name.
See Portela, Portillo.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'door' in Italian and Catalan.
- terenciPorta Demographics
Average Male Porta Height
173.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Porta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porta (Arabic: بورتا, Hindi: पोर्त, Marathi: पोत, Russian: Порта) is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,741st most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 205,886 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Porta reside; 53 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 39 percent reside in Italic Europe. Porta is also the 240,696th most common forename on earth It is held by 1,099 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Italy, where it is carried by 13,571 people, or 1 in 4,506. In Italy Porta is most numerous in: Lombardy, where 42 percent live, Piedmont, where 26 percent live and Emilia-Romagna, where 7 percent live. Besides Italy this surname exists in 94 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent live and Argentina, where 12 percent live.
Porta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Porta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Porta last name increased 8,454 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 354 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Porta Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Porta last name are 14.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.14% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Porta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 5.73% more than the national average, earning €31,752 per year; in Peru they earn 22.29% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,706 per year; in Colombia they earn 31.28% less than the national average, earning $15,600,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $47,211 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.68% more than the national average, earning $60,454 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porta in the Hindi language | ||
| पोर्त | porta | - |
| Porta in the Marathi language | ||
| पोत | pota | - |
| Porta in the Russian language | ||
| Порта | porta | - |
| Porta in the Arabic language | ||
| بورتا | bwrta | - |
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