How rare is the last name Poindexter?

10,762 people in the United States have the last name Poindexter, about 1 in 27,773. It ranks #3,273 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

POINDEXTER

#3,273

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,762
About
1 in 27,773
This common or more
53.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,762 people with the last name Poindexter, 50.1% reported their origin as White, 40.2% as Black and 5.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Poindexter

#3,271 Haggerty · 10,765#3,272 Glick · 10,764#3,274 Grogan · 10,761#3,275 Gossett · 10,758

Spelled almost the same

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

#46,089 Pondexter · 499#123,817 Pointdexter · 146

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