The surname Polson
A patronymic surname, carried by 4,125 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P425
Origin
From Paul + -son.
Polson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,125 people named Polson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,847 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,022.
Who is named Polson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Polson identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Polson has the Soundex code P425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P425.
Questions
- Where does the surname Polson come from?
- From Paul + -son.
- How common is the surname Polson?
- 4,125 people in the United States had the surname Polson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,847 Americans. It ranked 8,027th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Polson?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Polson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Polson?
- Polson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Polson getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,022 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,125 in 2010, up 2.6%.