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    The surname Poyner

    A surname, carried by 1,437 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P560

    Poyner: #18,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Poyner #18,977, 1,437 people Poyner: #18,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Poyner #18,977, 1,437 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poyner is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,437 people named Poyner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,854 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,417.

    #18,977
    rank among US surnames
    1,437
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,129)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,971Pen1,438214,705
    #18,977Callas1,437214,854
    #18,984Arbaugh1,436215,004

    Who is named Poyner

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

    88% of people named Poyner identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Poyner

    Poyner has the Soundex code P560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Poyner?
    1,437 people in the United States had the surname Poyner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,854 Americans. It ranked 18,977th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Poyner?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Poyner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Poyner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,437 in 2010, up 1.4%.