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    The surname Pals

    A surname, carried by 1,583 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P420

    Pals: #17,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pals #17,717, 1,583 people Pals: #17,717 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pals #17,717, 1,583 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pals is more common than 89.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,583 people named Pals in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,038 Americans. That is up 71% since 2000, when the Census counted 928.

    #17,717
    rank among US surnames
    1,583
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +70.6%
    change since 2000 (was #25,076)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,709Whitlatch1,584194,915
    #17,717Brodersen1,583195,038
    #17,720Dopp1,582195,162
    #17,726Fader1,581195,285

    Who is named Pals

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

    83% of people named Pals identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.9%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pals

    Pals has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pals?
    1,583 people in the United States had the surname Pals in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,038 Americans. It ranked 17,717th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pals?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Pals identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pals getting more or less common?
    More common. 928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,583 in 2010, up 71%.