Porto Family History
Porto Name Meaning
Portuguese: habitational name from Porto (Oporto).Spanish:
habitational name from any of the numerous places, especially in
Galicia, named Porto, usually in the sense ‘mountain pass’.Italian: habitational name from any of numerous minor places named
or named with Porto, from porto ‘port’, ‘harbor’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Porto
Name Distribution of Porto Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Porto families
 22 - 41  8 - 21 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Porto families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Porto last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Porto census records
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Porto Family Origin
Porto Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Porto
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Porto Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Porto census records
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Porto Civil War Service Records
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