How common is the surname Puls?

2,101 people in the United States had the surname Puls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,952 Americans. It ranked 14,264th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Puls?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Puls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Puls getting more or less common?

More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,101 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Puls

A surname, carried by 2,101 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Puls is more common than 91.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,101 people named Puls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,952 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,089.

#14,264

rank among US surnames

2,101

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,372)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,257	Seyler	2,102	146,882
#14,264	Puls	2,101	146,952
#14,267	Petrus	2,100	147,022
#14,268	Devaughn	2,099	147,092

Who is named Puls

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

95% of people named Puls identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Puls

Puls has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Questions

How common is the surname Puls?: 2,101 people in the United States had the surname Puls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,952 Americans. It ranked 14,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Puls?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Puls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Puls getting more or less common?: More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,101 in 2010, up 0.6%.