How common is the surname Postel?

1,072 people in the United States had the surname Postel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Postel?

In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Postel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Postel?

Jon Postel, American computer scientist (1943–1998).

Where is the surname Postel most common?

Wikidata records people named Postel in the United States.

Is the surname Postel getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Postel

A surname, carried by 1,072 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Postel is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,072 people named Postel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,083.

#23,647

rank among US surnames

1,072

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #22,222)

Who is named Postel

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

85% of people named Postel identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Postels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jon Postel
American computer scientist (1943–1998)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Postel

Postell

Postel has the Soundex code P234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P234.

Questions

How common is the surname Postel?: 1,072 people in the United States had the surname Postel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,009 Americans. It ranked 23,647th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Postel?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Postel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Postel?: Jon Postel, American computer scientist (1943–1998).
Where is the surname Postel most common?: Wikidata records people named Postel in the United States.
Is the surname Postel getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,072 in 2010, down 1.0%.