How common is the surname Poore?

8,240 people in the United States had the surname Poore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,469 Americans. It ranked 4,315th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Poore?

Richard Poore, Bishop of Durham.

Where is the surname Poore most common?

Wikidata records people named Poore in the Kingdom of England.

Is the surname Poore getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,240 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Poore

A surname, carried by 8,240 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poore is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

An English surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,240 people named Poore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,469 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,321.

#4,315

rank among US surnames

8,240

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #3,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,311	Fogarty	8,245	37,446
#4,312	Prosser	8,244	37,451
#4,314	Derosa	8,241	37,465
#4,315	Poore	8,240	37,469

Who is named Poore

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

91% of people named Poore identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Poores

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Poore
Bishop of Durham, 1200–1237

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Poor

Surnames that sound like Poore

Poore 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 Poore?: 8,240 people in the United States had the surname Poore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,469 Americans. It ranked 4,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poore?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Poore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Poore?: Richard Poore, Bishop of Durham.
Where is the surname Poore most common?: Wikidata records people named Poore in the Kingdom of England.
Is the surname Poore getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,240 in 2010, down 1.0%.
What are other spellings of Poore?: Poor.