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    The surname Po

    A surname, carried by 1,213 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P000

    Po: #21,524 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Po #21,524, 1,213 people Po: #21,524 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Po #21,524, 1,213 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Po is more common than 86.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,213 people named Po in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 758.

    #21,524
    rank among US surnames
    1,213
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +60%
    change since 2000 (was #29,390)

    Who is named Po

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Po identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 10% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Po

    Po has the Soundex code P000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Po?
    1,213 people in the United States had the surname Po in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,531 Americans. It ranked 21,524th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Po?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Po identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 10% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Po getting more or less common?
    More common. 758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,213 in 2010, up 60%.