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    The surname Pall

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 625 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P400

    Pall: #35,912 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pall #35,912, 625 people Pall: #35,912 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pall #35,912, 625 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pall is more common than 77.9% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Páll, a variant of Pál. * Borrowed from Telugu పాల్ (pāl), a rendition of the personal name Paul.

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 625 people named Pall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 493,993 Americans. That is down 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 665.

    #35,912
    rank among US surnames
    625
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6%
    change since 2000 (was #32,567)

    Who is named Pall

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

    81% of people named Pall identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Palls

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Olga Pall
      Alpine skier, born 1947

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pall

    Pall has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pall come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Páll, a variant of Pál. * Borrowed from Telugu పాల్ (pāl), a rendition of the personal name Paul.
    How common is the surname Pall?
    625 people in the United States had the surname Pall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 493,993 Americans. It ranked 35,912th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pall?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Pall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Pall?
    Olga Pall, alpine skier.
    Where is the surname Pall most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pall in Austria.
    Is the surname Pall getting more or less common?
    Less common. 665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 625 in 2010, down 6.0%.