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    The surname Poff

    A surname, carried by 5,021 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P100

    Poff: #6,725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Poff #6,725, 5,021 people Poff: #6,725 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Poff #6,725, 5,021 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poff is more common than 95.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,021 people named Poff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,491 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,954.

    #6,725
    rank among US surnames
    5,021
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #6,333)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,720Willie5,02561,442
    #6,721Wojciechowski5,02361,466
    #6,724Calzada5,02261,479
    #6,725Poff5,02161,491

    Who is named Poff

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

    96% of people named Poff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Poffs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lon Poff
      Actor (1870-1952)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Poff

    Poff has the Soundex code P100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Poff?
    5,021 people in the United States had the surname Poff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,491 Americans. It ranked 6,725th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Poff?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Poff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Poff?
    Lon Poff, actor (1870-1952).
    Where is the surname Poff most common?
    Wikidata records people named Poff in the United States.
    Is the surname Poff getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,021 in 2010, up 1.4%.