How common is the surname Padula?

2,685 people in the United States had the surname Padula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,989 Americans. It ranked 11,675th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Padula?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Padula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Padula?

Gino Padula, Argentine professional footballer.

Where is the surname Padula most common?

Wikidata records people named Padula in Argentina.

Is the surname Padula getting more or less common?

More common. 2,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,685 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Padula

A surname, carried by 2,685 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Padula is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,685 people named Padula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,989 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,566.

#11,675

rank among US surnames

2,685

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,669	Sher	2,687	114,903
#11,672	Luongo	2,686	114,946
#11,675	Guin	2,685	114,989
#11,679	Petitt	2,684	115,032
#11,683	Pridemore	2,683	115,075

Who is named Padula

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

90% of people named Padula identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Padulas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gino Padula
Argentine professional footballer, born 1976

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Padula

Padula has the Soundex code P340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P340.

Questions

How common is the surname Padula?: 2,685 people in the United States had the surname Padula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,989 Americans. It ranked 11,675th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Padula?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Padula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Padula?: Gino Padula, Argentine professional footballer.
Where is the surname Padula most common?: Wikidata records people named Padula in Argentina.
Is the surname Padula getting more or less common?: More common. 2,566 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,685 in 2010, up 4.6%.