Pointer

Pointer is the 4,873rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 7,024 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 42,600.

By the numbers

People: 7,024
Rank: 4,873rd
How common: 1 in 42,600
Per 100,000: 2.4

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Pointer described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Black, not Hispanic 45.8%
White, not Hispanic 44.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Pointer

Priscilla Pointer (1924–2025)American actress
Bonnie Pointer (1950–2020)American singer
Anita Pointer (1948–2022)American singer-songwriter
June Pointer (1953–2006)American musician

People named Pointer with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Pointer

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.