Poynter

Poynter is the 7,951st most common surname in the United States, shared by 3,997 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 74,800.

By the numbers

People: 3,997
Rank: 7,951st
How common: 1 in 74,800
Per 100,000: 1.3

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 85.8%
Black, not Hispanic 6.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Poynter

Edward Poynter (1836–1919)British artist
Dougie Poynter (born 1987)English musician, songwriter, fashion model, clothing designer, author, actor and philanthropist

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

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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.