Porto Surname
Approximately 111,677 people bear this surname
Porto Surname User-submission:
Porto means 'harbour' in Portuguese and Italian. Many Portuguese imigrants to Brazil in the colonial times adopted a surname equal to the city where they came from. That's because there are many Portos in Brazil and only a few in Portugal.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 80,423 | 1:2,662 | 249 |
| Spain | 4,637 | 1:10,082 | 1,185 |
| United States | 4,112 | 1:88,147 | 9,928 |
| Portugal | 3,850 | 1:2,706 | 362 |
| Colombia | 2,782 | 1:17,173 | 1,418 |
| Philippines | 2,761 | 1:36,667 | 5,638 |
| Italy | 2,667 | 1:22,931 | 4,001 |
| Angola | 2,563 | 1:10,530 | 1,295 |
| Argentina | 2,340 | 1:18,266 | 1,563 |
| Uruguay | 1,112 | 1:3,086 | 366 |
| Mexico | 1,002 | 1:123,878 | 4,189 |
| Cuba | 846 | 1:13,620 | 1,015 |
| France | 462 | 1:143,772 | 22,175 |
| Venezuela | 424 | 1:71,236 | 3,020 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Peru | 206 | 1:154,292 | 8,073 |
| Canada | 190 | 1:193,924 | 19,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Bolivia | 102 | 1:104,083 | 4,003 |
| Australia | 102 | 1:264,664 | 24,097 |
| Dominican Republic | 92 | 1:113,401 | 4,751 |
| Chile | 46 | 1:382,967 | 10,457 |
| Russia | 45 | 1:3,202,735 | 169,516 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Belgium | 36 | 1:319,351 | 36,407 |
| Switzerland | 26 | 1:315,881 | 24,844 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Panama | 16 | 1:244,516 | 6,353 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 11 | 1:16,129 | 920 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Cape Verde | 10 | 1:52,964 | 1,947 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Pôrto (39), Portô (2) & Põrto (1) are calculated separately.
Porto (1,045) may also be a first name.
Porto Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Porto means 'harbour' in Portuguese and Italian. Many Portuguese imigrants to Brazil in the colonial times adopted a surname equal to the city where they came from. That's because there are many Portos in Brazil and only a few in Portugal.
Many surnames in Brazil come from little villages in Portugal, and such surnames don't exist there.
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Porto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Porto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Porto (Georgian: ფორთო, Russian: Порто) is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Pôrto, Portô or Põrto. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Porto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Porto is the 5,062nd most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 65,256 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Porto are found; 78 percent are found in South America and 72 percent are found in Luso-South America. Porto is also the 247,794th most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 1,045 people.
It is most widespread in Brazil, where it is held by 80,423 people, or 1 in 2,662. In Brazil it is primarily found in: São Paulo, where 19 percent live, Rio de Janeiro, where 14 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent live. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 90 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Porto Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Porto has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Porto surname increased 58,743 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Porto Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Porto last name are 1.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.47% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Porto earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 7.97% more than the national average, earning €32,422 per year; in Peru they earn 3.35% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,034 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.83% less than the national average, earning $18,199,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.83% more than the national average, earning $45,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.76% more than the national average, earning $52,546 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Porto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Porto in the Georgian language | ||
| ფორთო | porto | - |
| Porto in the Russian language | ||
| Порто | porto | - |
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