The surname Poor
A surname, carried by 3,303 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P600
Origin
A surname
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,303 people named Poor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,474 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,285.
#9,800
rank among US surnames
3,303
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+0.5%
change since 2000 (was #9,129)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9,794 | Arechiga | 3,306 | 93,389 |
| #9,798 | Trantham | 3,304 | 93,446 |
| #9,800 | Casias | 3,303 | 93,474 |
| #9,803 | Goto | 3,302 | 93,503 |
| #9,808 | Whisenhunt | 3,301 | 93,531 |
Who is named Poor
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Poor identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Poor has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.
Questions
- How common is the surname Poor?
- 3,303 people in the United States had the surname Poor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,474 Americans. It ranked 9,800th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Poor?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Poor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Poor getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,303 in 2010, up 0.5%.