Portal is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Portal
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Spain
Meaning: Very common in the Haute-Loire, Lozere and Gard, matches the French portal, with a sense of the city gate or crossing geography opening. The name most often refers to the one who comes from a place called (the) Portal, the name of several villages in France. It may also have been given to one who lives near the city gate.

How popular is Portal?

Portal is common in Spain.

Portal is ranked 12322 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Portals grew by 33.65735 per cent to 1100 since 2000 and ranked 23185 after elevating 4377 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 75.82 62.82
White 23 34.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.73
Portal is quite popular family name mostly used in Brazil while Cuba is ahead in terms of density. Around 43125 people have been found who wears Portal as their family name. Portal is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
464,493 Indonesia9
9,568 Thailand8
20,790 Nigeria6
11,802 Egypt4
4,915 Panama3
6,774 Slovenia3
7,619 Ecuador3
14,054 China3
10,762 Hungary3
10,686 Costa Rica3
127,708 Czech Republic3
3,625 Macedonia3
19,452 Malaysia3
28,232 Morocco2
4,086 Angola2
54,641 Sweden2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
8,995 Uganda2
12,172 Ghana2
2,085 Nepal2
34,681 Norway2
3,871 Paraguay2
44,018 Poland2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
10,183 Jordan2
6,103 Cyprus2
18,625 Japan2
1,169 New Caledonia2
2,057 Isle of Man1
90,903 Moldova1
8,268 Mauritius1
10,958 Bangladesh1
50,549 Georgia1
7,847 Albania1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,073 Latvia1
28,365 Kenya1
7,941 Guatemala1
9,498 Iceland1
5,467 Haiti1
3,586 Honduras1
16,228 Bulgaria1
5,553 Taiwan1
16,640 Hong Kong1
11,510 Oman1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
7,292 Vietnam1
18,969 Wales1
7,790 Zambia1
24,460 Armenia1
6,212 Jamaica1
15,705 Cameroon1
7,198 Maldives1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,285 Serbia45
49,393 Netherlands35
14,963 Scotland26
3,830 Luxembourg20
353,279 Russia19
15,050 Singapore18
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
19,607 Greece98
5,778 Uruguay86
19,740 Romania84
22,440 Belgium74
17,456 Switzerland63
50,757 Canada60
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Portal:
706 El Salvador947
6,001 Pakistan880
17,255 Philippines838
10,423 Iran819
1,428 Israel777
1,552 Bolivia730
3,811 Colombia524
22,254 Germany471
14,526 Turkey454
1,641 Portugal425
2,254 Bosnia318
19,682 England269
4,366 Chile234
30,064 South Africa183
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
126,028 India150
6,954 Croatia117
59,335 Italy112
Countries with thousands of Portal:
1,707 Brazil9,047
623 Peru8,051
281 Cuba5,051
1,606 France4,237
2,002 Argentina2,389
4,146 Mexico1,597
1,960 Venezuela1,229
25,436 United States1,207
4,067 Spain1,103
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German Mullikin
Portal is a portal southernmost variant, designated a house portal and especially the city gate whose house was next door.

Portal Namesakes

    Nicolas Portal, French former rider
  • Aída Cartagena Portalatín, Poet
  • Alexia Portal, Actress
  • Michel Portal, Composer
  • Aída Cartagena Portalatín, Poet
  • Pierre-Barthélémy Portal d'Albarèdes, Politician
  • Bénédicte Portal, Film director
  • Bénédicte Portal, Film director
  • Louise Portal, Actress
  • Christian Portal, Assistant Art Director
  • Gerald Portal, Diplomat

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