# Poulter (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation for a dealer in poultry.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,865 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 228,193 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (1,137 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poulter 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Poulter in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Poulter

- Will Poulter, British actor (born 1993)
- Jordyn Poulter, American volleyball player

## Similar surnames

Peltier, Platero, Plater, Pelletier.

## 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.