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    The surname Polite

    A surname, carried by 4,108 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P430

    Polite: #8,067 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Polite #8,067, 4,108 people Polite: #8,067 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Polite #8,067, 4,108 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polite is more common than 95% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,108 people named Polite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,157 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,511.

    #8,067
    rank among US surnames
    4,108
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17%
    change since 2000 (was #8,624)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,060Ginsberg4,11075,121
    #8,065Kindle4,10975,139
    #8,067Jessee4,10875,157
    #8,070Haider4,10775,175
    #8,072McCarley4,10675,194
    #8,073Kinley4,10575,212
    #8,076Lovely4,10475,230

    Who is named Polite

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

    78% of people named Polite identified as Black (not Hispanic), 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 78%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Polites

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lloyd
      American singer, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Polite

    Polite has the Soundex code P430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Polite?
    4,108 people in the United States had the surname Polite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,157 Americans. It ranked 8,067th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Polite?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Polite identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Polite?
    Lloyd, American singer.
    Where is the surname Polite most common?
    Wikidata records people named Polite in the United States.
    Is the surname Polite getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,511 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,108 in 2010, up 17%.