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Port

in the US

There are 2,292 people with the last name "Port" in the United States.

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Port 10,914
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  1. is 10,910th most common Chubb
  2. is 10,911th most common Gadd
  3. is 10,912th most common Goodrum
  4. is 10,913th most common Joslyn
  5. is 10,914th most common Port
  6. is 10,915th most common Byram
  7. is 10,916th most common Higuera
  8. is 10,917th most common Banas
  9. is 10,918th most common Fregoso

Similar Names and Nicknames

Porter, Portillo, Porterfield, Portis, Porto, Portwood, Portnoy, Portugal, Portman, Porta

Most Common First Names for Port

Robert, John, David, Richard, James, Michael, William, Gary, Mary, Linda

Meaning & History

English: from Middle English port ‘gateway’, ‘entrance’ (Old French porte, from Latin porta), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a fortified town or city, typically, the man in charge of them. Compare Porter 1.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a harbor or in a market town, from the homonymous Middle English port (Old English port ‘harbor’, ‘market town’, from Latin portus ‘harbor’, ‘haven’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French port, from the same source).

German: topographic name for someone who lived near a (city) gate, from Middle Low German porte (modern German Pforte) (see sense 1).

Jewish (from Lithuania and Belarus): unexplained.

Recent Searches for "Port" in the US

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Robert Port (9 searches)
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