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    The surname Poer

    A Dutch surname, carried by 573 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P600

    Poer: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Poer #38,582, 573 people Poer: #38,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Poer #38,582, 573 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poer is more common than 76.2% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

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

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 573 people named Poer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 597.

    #38,582
    rank among US surnames
    573
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4%
    change since 2000 (was #35,621)

    Who is named Poer

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

    95% of people named Poer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Poer

    Poer has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Poer come from?
    Perhaps a reduced form of Dutch van Poer, probably a hypercorrection of van Poeyer.
    How common is the surname Poer?
    573 people in the United States had the surname Poer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 538,823 Americans. It ranked 38,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Poer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Poer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Poer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 573 in 2010, down 4.0%.