Post

22,541 people in the United States were counted with the surname Post in the 2020 census, making it the 1,557th most common in the country. That is about one person in 13,300.

By the numbers

People: 22,541
Rank: 1,557th
How common: 1 in 13,300
Per 100,000: 7.5

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 90.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Black, not Hispanic 1.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Post

Emil Leon Post (1897–1954)Polish-born American logician
Wiley Post (1898–1935)American aviator; first pilot to fly solo around the world
Ted Post (1918–2013)American director
Pieter Post (1608–1669)painter and architect from the Northern Netherlands
Markie Post (1950–2021)American actress
Soraya Post (born 1956)former Swedish MEP
Frans Post (1612–1680)painter from the Northern Netherlands
Albertson Van Zo Post (1866–1938)American fencer and author

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

Surnames like Post

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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.