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    The surname Poss

    A surname, carried by 3,209 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Poss: #10,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Poss #10,036, 3,209 people Poss: #10,036 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Poss #10,036, 3,209 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poss is more common than 93.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,209 people named Poss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,785.

    #10,036
    rank among US surnames
    3,209
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -15.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,072)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,029Trotman3,21296,123
    #10,030Copper3,21196,152
    #10,034Backman3,21096,182
    #10,036Eccles3,20996,212
    #10,041Caster3,20896,242
    #10,044Lieb3,20796,272

    Who is named Poss

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

    93% of people named Poss identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Posss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Greg Poss
      American ice hockey coach, born 1965

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Poss

    Poss has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Poss?
    3,209 people in the United States had the surname Poss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,212 Americans. It ranked 10,036th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Poss?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Poss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Poss?
    Greg Poss, American ice hockey coach.
    Where is the surname Poss most common?
    Wikidata records people named Poss in the United States.
    Is the surname Poss getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,209 in 2010, down 15%.