How common is the surname Puskar?

1,012 people in the United States had the surname Puskar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Puskar?

In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Puskar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Puskar getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Puskar

A surname, carried by 1,012 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Puskar is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,012 people named Puskar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,035.

#24,665

rank among US surnames

1,012

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #23,056)

Who is named Puskar

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

99% of people named Puskar identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 99%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Puskar

Pekar

Puskar has the Soundex code P260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P260.

Questions

How common is the surname Puskar?: 1,012 people in the United States had the surname Puskar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,085 Americans. It ranked 24,665th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Puskar?: In the 2010 Census, 99% of people named Puskar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Puskar getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,035 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,012 in 2010, down 2.2%.