The surname Poitra
A surname, carried by 1,119 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P360
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,119 people named Poitra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,912 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 951.
Who is named Poitra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Poitra identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.3% as two or more races.
- American Indian and Alaska Native 72%
- White (not Hispanic) 18%
- Two or more races 6.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Poitra has the Soundex code P360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P360.
Questions
- How common is the surname Poitra?
- 1,119 people in the United States had the surname Poitra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,912 Americans. It ranked 22,880th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Poitra?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Poitra identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Poitra getting more or less common?
- More common. 951 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,119 in 2010, up 18%.