The surname Pulsifer
A surname, carried by 1,386 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P421
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,386 people named Pulsifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,760 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,385.
#19,489
rank among US surnames
1,386
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+0.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,412)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,480 | Vanvoorhis | 1,387 | 222,600 |
| #19,489 | Pulsifer | 1,386 | 222,760 |
| #19,498 | Dubuque | 1,385 | 222,921 |
Who is named Pulsifer
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Pulsifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Pulsifer
Pulsifer has the Soundex code P421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P421.
Questions
- How common is the surname Pulsifer?
- 1,386 people in the United States had the surname Pulsifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,760 Americans. It ranked 19,489th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pulsifer?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pulsifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Pulsifer getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,386 in 2010, up 0.1%.