# Point (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/point/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 592 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,591 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 521,530 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.5% (601 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably an altered form of French Pons, see Ponce. It is also a variant of the English surname Points.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Point 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Pinto, Pond, Ponte, Pint, Pineda, Puente, Pinedo, Pandya, Pound, Pando, Penate, Pandey.

## 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.