The surname Polston
A surname, carried by 3,295 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P423
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,295 people named Polston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,701 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,075.
#9,827
rank among US surnames
3,295
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+7.2%
change since 2000 (was #9,693)
Who is named Polston
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Polston identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Polston
Polston 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 Polston?
- 3,295 people in the United States had the surname Polston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,701 Americans. It ranked 9,827th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Polston?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Polston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Polston getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,295 in 2010, up 7.2%.