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The surname Pozo

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,482 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P200

Pozo: #12,491 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pozo #12,491, 2,482 people Pozo: #12,491 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pozo #12,491, 2,482 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pozo is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,482 people named Pozo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,394 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,830.

#12,491
rank among US surnames
2,482
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+35.6%
change since 2000 (was #14,849)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,482Bade2,487124,144
#12,485Lowrie2,485124,244
#12,488Tuma2,484124,294
#12,491Laplant2,482124,394
#12,496Justiniano2,481124,444
#12,500Howey2,480124,494

Who is named Pozo

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

91% of people named Pozo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
  • White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or more races 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Pozos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Diego Pozo
    Argentine footballer, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pozo

Pozo has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pozo come from?
Pozo is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Pozo?
2,482 people in the United States had the surname Pozo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,394 Americans. It ranked 12,491st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pozo?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pozo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pozo?
Diego Pozo, Argentine footballer.
Where is the surname Pozo most common?
Wikidata records people named Pozo in Argentina.
Is the surname Pozo getting more or less common?
More common. 1,830 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,482 in 2010, up 36%.