The surname Pagan
A Latin surname, carried by 23,474 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈpeɪɡən/ 2 syllables Soundex P250 Also a first name
Origin
Latin origin
Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (“rustic, rural”).
One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 23,474 people named Pagan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,153 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,702.
Who is named Pagan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Pagan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 12%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Two or more races 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Pagan
Pagan has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.
Other Latin surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Pagan come from?
- Borrowed from Latin pāgānus (“rustic, rural”).
- How common is the surname Pagan?
- 23,474 people in the United States had the surname Pagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,153 Americans. It ranked 1,528th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pagan?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Pagan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Pagan?
- Pagan is /ˈpeɪɡən/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Pagan getting more or less common?
- More common. 20,702 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,474 in 2010, up 13%.
- Is Pagan also a first name?
- Yes. Pagan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.