# Poulsen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poulsen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,877 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,496 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 79,635 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.2% (3,549 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poulsen in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Poulsen in the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark.

## People named Poulsen

- Sandy Poulsen, American alpine skier
- Mette Poulsen, badminton player

## Similar surnames

Paulson, Paulsen, Polson, Poulson, Plascencia, Pleasant, Pilkington, Placencia, Plasencia, Peloquin, Plaisance, Polzin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.