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The surname Pullins

A surname, carried by 2,376 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P452

Pullins: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pullins #12,931, 2,376 people Pullins: #12,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pullins #12,931, 2,376 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pullins is more common than 92% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,376 people named Pullins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,999.

#12,931
rank among US surnames
2,376
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+18.9%
change since 2000 (was #13,863)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,927Riggleman2,378129,834
#12,929Hause2,377129,889
#12,931Sanson2,376129,943
#12,935Marden2,375129,998

Who is named Pullins

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

61% of people named Pullins identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 61%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pullins

Pullins has the Soundex code P452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P452.

Questions

How common is the surname Pullins?
2,376 people in the United States had the surname Pullins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,943 Americans. It ranked 12,931st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pullins?
In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Pullins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pullins getting more or less common?
More common. 1,999 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,376 in 2010, up 19%.