# Poore (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,240 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,315 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,469 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (8,321 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Poor |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poore in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Poore in the Kingdom of England.

## People named Poore

- Richard Poore, Bishop of Durham

## Similar surnames

Poor, Poer, Power, Perry, Parra, Pierre, Parr, Perea, Parry, Peery, Perri, Pray.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.