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There are approximately 49,404 people named Porter in the UK. That makes it the 162nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 782 are named Porter.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Porter surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PORTER. The keeper of a door. Lat. poiia. The meaning was sometimes extended, and implied a castellan, or keeper of a castle. This was the case with the first of this name and fanrily in Cornwall, who, in a dateless deed, of prolwlbly not later than the XIII. century, is styled Janitor de Tremaion. He received a grant of lands from the Valletorts, then lords of Trematon, and those lands, situate just outside the venerable walls of that fine old feudal fortress, are still possessed by his descendants, who have ever since resided in the immediate vicinity. See C. S. Gilbert's Cornw. H.R. Portarius. Lc Porter. &e.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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