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    The surname Pouliot

    A surname, carried by 2,579 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P430

    Pouliot: #12,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pouliot #12,083, 2,579 people Pouliot: #12,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pouliot #12,083, 2,579 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pouliot is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    From French Pouliot.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,579 people named Pouliot in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,715 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,498.

    #12,083
    rank among US surnames
    2,579
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,543)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,079Pullin2,581119,622
    #12,082Fujimoto2,580119,669
    #12,083Marple2,579119,715
    #12,089Huffer2,578119,762

    Who is named Pouliot

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

    95% of people named Pouliot identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    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 Pouliot

    Pouliot has the Soundex code P430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pouliot come from?
    From French Pouliot.
    How common is the surname Pouliot?
    2,579 people in the United States had the surname Pouliot in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,715 Americans. It ranked 12,083rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pouliot?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pouliot identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pouliot getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,579 in 2010, up 3.2%.