Explore the Family Name Poser

The meaning of Poser

1. German: habitational name for someone from a place called Posa in Thuringia. 2. German: alternatively, it may be a nickname from Middle High German boʒer ‘skittles player’. 3. English: either a variant of Poyser or an occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English poser ‘maker and seller of bags and wallets’. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Alfons, Siegfried.

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How common is the last name Poser in the United States?

The Poser surname, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, exhibited a marginal decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. It slipped from rank 45,909 to 47,356, indicating a minor decrease of 3.15%. However, the count of individuals with the Poser surname slightly increased from 438 to 448 over the same period, showing a growth of 2.28%. The proportion per 100,000 population also declined by -6.25%, falling from 0.16 to 0.15.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,909	#47,356	-3.15%
Count	438	448	2.28%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.15	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Poser

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Poser surname identified as White, although there was a slight decrease from 94.75% in 2000 to 94.20% in 2010. The Asian/Pacific Islander representation saw an increase of 25.62%, moving from 1.60% to 2.01% during the same time frame. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races had a small decline, from 2.28% to 2.23%. There were no recorded changes for Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities among those with the Poser surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.75%	94.2%	-0.58%
Two or More Races	2.28%	2.23%	-2.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.6%	2.01%	25.62%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%