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    The surname Poulin

    A French surname, carried by 6,892 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P450

    Poulin: #5,081 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Poulin #5,081, 6,892 people Poulin: #5,081 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Poulin #5,081, 6,892 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poulin is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Poulin.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,892 people named Poulin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,798 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,704.

    #5,081
    rank among US surnames
    6,892
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,812)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,072Michalski6,91444,655
    #5,073Garduno6,91244,668
    #5,074Trombley6,90844,694
    #5,075Booher6,90044,746
    #5,076Catalan6,89944,752
    #5,077Bischoff6,89744,765
    #5,079Davalos6,89444,785

    Who is named Poulin

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

    96% of people named Poulin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Poulin

    Poulin has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Poulin come from?
    From French Poulin.
    How common is the surname Poulin?
    6,892 people in the United States had the surname Poulin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,798 Americans. It ranked 5,081st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Poulin?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Poulin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Poulin getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,892 in 2010, up 2.8%.