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    The surname Politte

    A surname, carried by 1,285 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P430

    Politte: #20,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Politte #20,617, 1,285 people Politte: #20,617 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Politte #20,617, 1,285 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Politte is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,285 people named Politte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,166.

    #20,617
    rank among US surnames
    1,285
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,004)

    Who is named Politte

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

    93% of people named Politte identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Politte

    Politte 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 Politte?
    1,285 people in the United States had the surname Politte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,269 Americans. It ranked 20,617th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Politte?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Politte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Politte getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,285 in 2010, up 10%.