# Pointer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,453 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,752 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,426 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (7,004 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pointer 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pointer in the United States.

## People named Pointer

- Priscilla Pointer, American actress (1924–2025)
- Bonnie Pointer, American singer (1950-2020)
- Anita Pointer, American singer-songwriter (1948–2022)
- June Pointer, American musician (1953–2006)
- Sir'Dominic Pointer, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Ruth Pointer, American singer

## Similar surnames

Painter, Ponder, Pinder, Poynter, Pinter, Paynter, Pintor, Panter, Pounders, Panther, Pendergrass, Pender.

## 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.