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    The surname Postma

    A surname, carried by 2,293 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P235

    Postma: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Postma #13,300, 2,293 people Postma: #13,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Postma #13,300, 2,293 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Postma is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,293 people named Postma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,119.

    #13,300
    rank among US surnames
    2,293
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,291Rolling2,295134,530
    #13,297Pruneda2,294134,588
    #13,300Golla2,293134,647
    #13,306Kennell2,292134,706

    Who is named Postma

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

    96% of people named Postma identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Postma

    Postma has the Soundex code P235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P235.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Postma?
    2,293 people in the United States had the surname Postma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,647 Americans. It ranked 13,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Postma?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Postma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Postma getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,293 in 2010, up 8.2%.