How common is the surname Poulter?

1,353 people in the United States had the surname Poulter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Poulter?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Poulter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Poulter?

Will Poulter, British actor (born 1993), followed by Jordyn Poulter.

Where is the surname Poulter most common?

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

Is the surname Poulter getting more or less common?

More common. 1,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Poulter

An occupational surname, carried by 1,353 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poulter is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

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

Poulter is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,353 people named Poulter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,137.

#19,865

rank among US surnames

1,353

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+19%

change since 2000 (was #21,438)

Who is named Poulter

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

93% of people named Poulter identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Poulters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Will Poulter
British actor (born 1993)
Jordyn Poulter
American volleyball player, born 1997

Notable Poulters come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Poulter

Poulter has the Soundex code P436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P436.

Questions

How common is the surname Poulter?: 1,353 people in the United States had the surname Poulter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,193 Americans. It ranked 19,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poulter?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Poulter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Poulter?: Will Poulter, British actor (born 1993), followed by Jordyn Poulter.
Where is the surname Poulter most common?: Wikidata records people named Poulter in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Poulter?: Poulter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Poulter getting more or less common?: More common. 1,137 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,353 in 2010, up 19%.