Last Name POIRIER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Not available
Origin Jewish, French, Creole, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 3,608 (2000 US census) 2,202 (1990 US census)
Count 9,055 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96%, or 8693 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.6%, or 54 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.24%, or 22 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.25%, or 113 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.39%, or 126 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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