Explore the Family Name Allport

The meaning of Allport

English: topographic name for someone who lived at the old town or market, from Middle English olde ‘old’ + port ‘town, market’, or a habitational name from a place so named such as Alport in Youlgreave, Derbyshire or Alport in Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire.

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How common is the last name Allport in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Allport has seen a slight increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 36,421st most common surname, but by 2010 it had risen to 35,447th. Additionally, the count of individuals with the Allport surname also grew from 580 in 2000 to 635 in 2010, indicating a growth rate of 9.48%. However, the proportion per 100k people remained stable at 0.22.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#36,421	#35,447	2.67%
Count	580	635	9.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.22	0.22	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Allport

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insight into the ethnic identity of individuals with the Allport surname. In 2010, around 94.02% of those named Allport identified as White, marking a slight decrease from the 94.66% observed in 2000. The percentage of those identifying as having two or more races saw an increase from 2.24% in 2000 to 2.52% in 2010. Interestingly, while there were no individuals identifying as Black in 2000, this category reached 1.10% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Hispanic slightly reduced from 1.03% in 2000 to 0.94% in 2010. Meanwhile, the data for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.66%	94.02%	-0.68%
Two or More Races	2.24%	2.52%	12.5%
Black	0%	1.1%	0%
Hispanic	1.03%	0.94%	-8.74%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.86%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%