How common is the surname Paden?

4,223 people in the United States had the surname Paden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,110 Americans. It ranked 7,842nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Paden getting more or less common?

More common. 4,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,223 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Paden

A surname, carried by 4,223 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paden is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,223 people named Paden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,110 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,061.

#7,842

rank among US surnames

4,223

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #7,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,837	Percy	4,226	73,059
#7,838	Dutra	4,225	73,076
#7,841	Sperling	4,224	73,093
#7,842	Paden	4,223	73,110
#7,843	Look	4,222	73,128
#7,844	Glasser	4,221	73,145

Who is named Paden

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

70% of people named Paden identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Paden

Paden has the Soundex code P350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P350.

Questions

How common is the surname Paden?: 4,223 people in the United States had the surname Paden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,110 Americans. It ranked 7,842nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paden?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Paden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Paden getting more or less common?: More common. 4,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,223 in 2010, up 4.0%.