How common is the surname Polito?

4,032 people in the United States had the surname Polito in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,574 Americans. It ranked 8,228th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Polito?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Polito identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Polito?

Jon Polito, American actor (1950–2016), followed by Karyn Polito.

Where is the surname Polito most common?

Wikidata records people named Polito in the United States.

Is the surname Polito getting more or less common?

More common. 3,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,032 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Polito

An Italian surname, carried by 4,032 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polito is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Polito.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,032 people named Polito in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,574 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,811.

#8,228

rank among US surnames

4,032

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,225	Jahnke	4,035	76,517
#8,226	Bonin	4,034	76,536
#8,227	Canning	4,033	76,555
#8,228	Polito	4,032	76,574
#8,229	Colucci	4,031	76,593

Who is named Polito

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

88% of people named Polito identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Politos

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Polito
American actor (1950–2016)
Karyn Polito
American politician and lawyer, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Polito

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Polito come from?: Borrowed from Italian Polito.
How common is the surname Polito?: 4,032 people in the United States had the surname Polito in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,574 Americans. It ranked 8,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Polito?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Polito identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Polito?: Jon Polito, American actor (1950–2016), followed by Karyn Polito.
Where is the surname Polito most common?: Wikidata records people named Polito in the United States.
Is the surname Polito getting more or less common?: More common. 3,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,032 in 2010, up 5.8%.