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    The surname Polen

    A surname, carried by 2,586 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P450

    Polen: #12,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Polen #12,059, 2,586 people Polen: #12,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Polen #12,059, 2,586 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polen is more common than 92.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,586 people named Polen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,391 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,368.

    #12,059
    rank among US surnames
    2,586
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,088)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,055Evens2,587119,345
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437
    #12,068Maradiaga2,584119,484

    Who is named Polen

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

    88% of people named Polen identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Polen

    Polen has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Polen?
    2,586 people in the United States had the surname Polen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,391 Americans. It ranked 12,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Polen?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Polen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Polen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,586 in 2010, up 9.2%.