How common is the surname Posner?

3,157 people in the United States had the surname Posner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,797 Americans. It ranked 10,204th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Posner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Posner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Posner?

Mike Posner, American musician, followed by Eric Posner.

Where is the surname Posner most common?

Wikidata records people named Posner in the United States.

How do you pronounce Posner?

Posner is /ˈpoʊz.nəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Posner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,157 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Posner

A German surname, carried by 3,157 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpoʊz.nəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex P256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Posner is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Posner.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,157 people named Posner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,797 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,123.

#10,204

rank among US surnames

3,157

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,550)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,197	Garr	3,160	97,704
#10,199	Swint	3,159	97,735
#10,200	Hunsinger	3,158	97,766
#10,204	Thakkar	3,157	97,797
#10,211	Broadus	3,156	97,828

Who is named Posner

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

95% of people named Posner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Posners

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Posner
American musician, born 1988
Eric Posner
American legal scholar (1965-)
Michael Posner
American psychologist (born 1936)
Gerald Posner
American journalist, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pawsner

Posner has the Soundex code P256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P256.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Posner come from?: Borrowed from German Posner.
How common is the surname Posner?: 3,157 people in the United States had the surname Posner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,797 Americans. It ranked 10,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Posner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Posner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Posner?: Mike Posner, American musician, followed by Eric Posner.
Where is the surname Posner most common?: Wikidata records people named Posner in the United States.
How do you pronounce Posner?: Posner is /ˈpoʊz.nəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Posner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,157 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Posner?: Pawsner.