Explore the Family Name Portello

The meaning of Portello

Italian: variant of Portella.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Popularity data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows a slight decline in the number of people with the surname Portello between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the name ranked 71,610th in popularity, but by 2010 it had fallen to 78,821st, representing a decrease of approximately 10.07 percent. The actual count of individuals with this surname also fell slightly from 254 in 2000 to 242 in 2010, marking a decrease of about 4.72 percent. Proportionally, the rate per 100,000 people in the population with this surname dropped by 11.11 percent during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,610	#78,821	-10.07%
Count	254	242	-4.72%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Portello

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals a shift in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Portello from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (61.81 percent), followed by those identifying as Hispanic (34.25 percent). By 2010, while the percentage of those identifying as White had decreased slightly to 60.74 percent, the number of those identifying as Hispanic had increased significantly to 38.84 percent, a 13.4 percent increase. No individuals with this surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. In 2000, 2.76 percent of individuals with the surname Portello identified as having two or more races; however, there were no such identifications in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	61.81%	60.74%	-1.73%
Hispanic	34.25%	38.84%	13.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	2.76%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%