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    The surname Pollitt

    A surname, carried by 2,353 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P430

    Pollitt: #13,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pollitt #13,049, 2,353 people Pollitt: #13,049 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pollitt #13,049, 2,353 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pollitt is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,353 people named Pollitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,214 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,206.

    #13,049
    rank among US surnames
    2,353
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,807)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,042Motz2,354131,158
    #13,049Atkin2,353131,214
    #13,053Class2,352131,269
    #13,057Vowell2,351131,325

    Who is named Pollitt

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

    90% of people named Pollitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pollitts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Harry Pollitt
      British communist (1890–1960)
    • Katha Pollitt
      American journalist, born 1949

    Notable Pollitts come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pollitt

    Pollitt 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 Pollitt?
    2,353 people in the United States had the surname Pollitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,214 Americans. It ranked 13,049th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pollitt?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Pollitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pollitt?
    Harry Pollitt, British communist (1890–1960), followed by Katha Pollitt.
    Where is the surname Pollitt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pollitt in the United Kingdom and the United States.
    Is the surname Pollitt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,353 in 2010, up 6.7%.