Portis
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Portis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Lincs. see Porteous .
- USUnited States1 in 102K(measured from records)
- PKPakistan≈1 in 29K
- CUCuba≈1 in 36K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 281 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Pakistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Lincs. see Porteous .
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Portis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Portis | 1 |
| US United States | 3,274 | 1 in 102K | 3.3K | Portis | 281 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 118K | — | Portis | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 188K | 115 | Portis | 52 |
| CU Cuba | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Portis | 2 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 138K | — | Portis | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Portis is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, dative/ablative plural of porta (“gate”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, second-person singular present subjunctive of portar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Esperanto, past of porti
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Wesley Portisb. 1818USAmerican politician
- Alessandro Portisb. 1853ITItalian geologist (1853–1931)
- Alan M. Portisb. 1926USAmerican physicist (1926–2010)
- Charles Portisb. 1933USAmerican writer (1933–2020)
- Marico Portisb. 1979football player (born 1979)
- Clinton Portisb. 1981USAmerican football player, running back
- Josh Portisb. 1987USAmerican football player
- Bobby Portisb. 1995USAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- John PortisUSbasketball player
- Luigi PortisItalian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.3K | #9,877 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.1K | #10,018 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.9K | #10,312 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 115 | #30,347 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Portis mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Lincs. see Porteous . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Portis have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.0 thousand people named Portis in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled portis.
- How common is the name Portis?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,274 people named Portis in 2010, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Portis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.