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    The surname Poppleton

    An English place surname, carried by 578 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P143

    Poppleton: #38,332 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Poppleton #38,332, 578 people Poppleton: #38,332 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Poppleton #38,332, 578 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poppleton is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from the villages of Nether and Upper Poppleton, in North Yorkshire, from Old English *popel (“pebble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Poppleton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 578 people named Poppleton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 534,162 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 470.

    #38,332
    rank among US surnames
    578
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23%
    change since 2000 (was #43,290)

    Who is named Poppleton

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

    95% of people named Poppleton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Poppleton come from?
    Habitational surname from the villages of Nether and Upper Poppleton, in North Yorkshire, from Old English *popel (“pebble”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Poppleton?
    578 people in the United States had the surname Poppleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 534,162 Americans. It ranked 38,332nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Poppleton?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Poppleton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Poppleton?
    Poppleton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Poppleton getting more or less common?
    More common. 470 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 578 in 2010, up 23%.