How common is the surname Polster?

1,206 people in the United States had the surname Polster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. It ranked 21,625th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Polster?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Polster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Polster?

Toni Polster, Austrian footballer, followed by Victor Polster.

Where is the surname Polster most common?

Wikidata records people named Polster in Austria, Belgium and the United States.

Is the surname Polster getting more or less common?

More common. 1,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,206 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Polster

A surname, carried by 1,206 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P423

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Polster is more common than 86.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,206 people named Polster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,145.

#21,625

rank among US surnames

1,206

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #21,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,625	Rathke	1,206	256,008
#21,633	Nakai	1,205	256,220

Who is named Polster

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

95% of people named Polster identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Polsters

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Toni Polster
Austrian footballer, born 1964
Victor Polster
Belgian actor and dancer, born 2002
Matt Polster
American soccer player, born 1993
Nikolas Polster
Austrian footballer, born 2002

Notable Polsters come mostly from Austria (2), Belgium (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Polster

Polster has the Soundex code P423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P423.

Questions

How common is the surname Polster?: 1,206 people in the United States had the surname Polster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,008 Americans. It ranked 21,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Polster?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Polster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Polster?: Toni Polster, Austrian footballer, followed by Victor Polster.
Where is the surname Polster most common?: Wikidata records people named Polster in Austria, Belgium and the United States.
Is the surname Polster getting more or less common?: More common. 1,145 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,206 in 2010, up 5.3%.