Last Name POINDEXTER

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Meaning The same as 'Hotspur,' or spur the steed; 'poin' being derived from 'pungo,' to pierce, to prick, and 'dexter,' right, as opposed to left; a word expressive of readiness of limbs, adroitness, expertness, and skill.
Origin French

Rank 2,958 (2000 US census) 2,689 (1990 US census)
Count 11,201 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 54.78%, or 6136 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 40.17%, or 4499 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.25%, or 28 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.82%, or 92 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.53%, or 283 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.46%, or 164 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Christian baby names

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