How common is the last name Poe?

23,182 people in the United States have the last name Poe, about 1 in 12,894. It ranks #1,502 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

POE

#1,502

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,182
About
1 in 12,894
This common or more
44.4%
Who bears it

Of the 23,182 people with the last name Poe, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Poe

#1,500 Bloom · 23,202#1,501 Gunter · 23,190#1,503 Aleman · 23,179#1,504 Olivares · 23,163

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Poe, most common first.

#7,773 Powe · 4,096#16,783 Po · 1,655#21,898 Pou · 1,211#41,199 Poh · 570#52,367 Pow · 428#72,089 Poy · 291#101,718 Poo · 189

Also a first name

As a first name, Poe ranks #12,325 of 53,615, with 1,013 people. See Poe as a first name

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