How common is the surname Pullen?

10,565 people in the United States had the surname Pullen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,223 Americans. It ranked 3,381st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pullen?

Don Pullen, American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995), followed by Jacob Pullen.

Where is the surname Pullen most common?

Wikidata records people named Pullen in the United States and Georgia.

Is the surname Pullen getting more or less common?

More common. 10,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,565 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Pullen

A surname, carried by 10,565 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pullen is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,565 people named Pullen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,223 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,167.

#3,381

rank among US surnames

10,565

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,372	Maxey	10,584	29,171
#3,373	Narvaez	10,579	29,185
#3,374	Peng	10,575	29,196
#3,375	Pichardo	10,572	29,204
#3,376	Stepp	10,571	29,207
#3,377	Florez	10,570	29,210
#3,378	Terrazas	10,569	29,212

Who is named Pullen

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

78% of people named Pullen identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pullens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Pullen
American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995)
Jacob Pullen
American basketball player, born 1989

Notable Pullens come mostly from the United States (1) and Georgia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pullen

Pullen has the Soundex code P450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P450.

Questions

How common is the surname Pullen?: 10,565 people in the United States had the surname Pullen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,223 Americans. It ranked 3,381st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pullen?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Pullen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pullen?: Don Pullen, American jazz pianist and organist (1941-1995), followed by Jacob Pullen.
Where is the surname Pullen most common?: Wikidata records people named Pullen in the United States and Georgia.
Is the surname Pullen getting more or less common?: More common. 10,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,565 in 2010, up 3.9%.