How common is the surname Poitras?

1,584 people in the United States had the surname Poitras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. It ranked 17,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Poitras?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Poitras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Poitras getting more or less common?

More common. 1,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,584 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Poitras

A surname, carried by 1,584 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poitras is more common than 89.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,584 people named Poitras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,571.

#17,709

rank among US surnames

1,584

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,709	Whitlatch	1,584	194,915
#17,717	Brodersen	1,583	195,038

Who is named Poitras

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

94% of people named Poitras identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Poitras

Poitras has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

Questions

How common is the surname Poitras?: 1,584 people in the United States had the surname Poitras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,915 Americans. It ranked 17,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poitras?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Poitras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Poitras getting more or less common?: More common. 1,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,584 in 2010, up 0.8%.