How common is the surname Poling?

7,779 people in the United States had the surname Poling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,690 Americans. It ranked 4,558th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Poling?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Poling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Poling getting more or less common?

More common. 7,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,779 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Poling

A surname, carried by 7,779 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poling is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,779 people named Poling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,690 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,587.

#4,558

rank among US surnames

7,779

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,549	Pitman	7,789	39,639
#4,550	Wooldridge	7,788	39,644
#4,553	Vargo	7,787	39,649
#4,554	Kremer	7,784	39,664
#4,555	Basile	7,783	39,669
#4,556	Yeung	7,782	39,674
#4,557	Lilley	7,780	39,685

Who is named Poling

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

94% of people named Poling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Poling

Poling has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

Questions

How common is the surname Poling?: 7,779 people in the United States had the surname Poling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,690 Americans. It ranked 4,558th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poling?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Poling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Poling getting more or less common?: More common. 7,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,779 in 2010, up 2.5%.