Tracing the Post Family Name

Post shows up clearly in official surname statistics.

Family crest and blazon

Sharing the Post name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Surname origin

Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Post, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records.

About 23,458 people in the United States were recorded as Post in 2010, placing it 1,530 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 2,500 American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 403 births in France were registered under Post. Want more than a summary? See the Post family name pack.