Postal surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Postal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 440 people carried this name — #48,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (438).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 199 people named Postal.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Ardennes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Ardennes 44
Meuse 36
Paris 31
Marne 20
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Moselle 5
Aube 4
Loire 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 60 people named Postal live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 26
Hainaut 20
Flemish Brabant 7
Limburg 7

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Postal is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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