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    The surname Point

    A French surname, carried by 592 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P530

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Point is more common than 76.8% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

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

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 592 people named Point in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 601.

    #37,591
    rank among US surnames
    592
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #35,445)

    Who is named Point

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

    72% of people named Point identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 6.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Point

    Point has the Soundex code P530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P530.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Point come from?
    Probably an altered form of French Pons, see Ponce. It is also a variant of the English surname Points.
    How common is the surname Point?
    592 people in the United States had the surname Point in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 521,530 Americans. It ranked 37,591st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Point?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Point identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Point getting more or less common?
    Less common. 601 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 592 in 2010, down 1.5%.