# Poer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 573 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,582 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 538,823 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.0% (597 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Poer, probably a hypercorrection of van Poeyer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Poore, Peer, Poor, Pera, Pero, Pier, Pere, Power, Perry, Parra, Pierre, Parr.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.