How common is the surname Poulos?

4,722 people in the United States had the surname Poulos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,384 Americans. It ranked 7,093rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Poulos?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Poulos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Poulos getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,722 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Poulos

A surname, carried by 4,722 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poulos is more common than 95.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,722 people named Poulos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,384 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,796.

#7,093

rank among US surnames

4,722

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,086	Metcalfe	4,725	65,343
#7,088	Alfano	4,724	65,357
#7,091	Dai	4,723	65,371
#7,093	Landin	4,722	65,384
#7,096	Creed	4,718	65,440
#7,098	Izzo	4,717	65,454

Who is named Poulos

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

94% of people named Poulos identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Poulos

Poulos has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Questions

How common is the surname Poulos?: 4,722 people in the United States had the surname Poulos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,384 Americans. It ranked 7,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poulos?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Poulos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Poulos getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,722 in 2010, down 1.5%.