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    The surname Pancake

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,010 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P522

    Pancake: #24,702 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pancake #24,702, 1,010 people Pancake: #24,702 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pancake #24,702, 1,010 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pancake is more common than 84.8% of them.

    Origin

    German surname, Americanized and translated from Pfannkuch, Pfannkuche, also found in north/Low German as Pannkoke, Pankauke, as well as Dutch Pannekoek. All mean "pancake", and could be from a nickname for someone who likes them, or an occupational surname for someone who worked at an establishment that famously served them.

    Pancake is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,010 people named Pancake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,689 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 987.

    #24,702
    rank among US surnames
    1,010
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #23,884)

    Who is named Pancake

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

    97% of people named Pancake identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pancake

    Pancake has the Soundex code P522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P522.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pancake come from?
    German surname, Americanized and translated from Pfannkuch, Pfannkuche, also found in north/Low German as Pannkoke, Pankauke, as well as Dutch Pannekoek. All mean "pancake", and could be from a nickname for someone who likes them, or an occupational surname for someone who worked at an…
    How common is the surname Pancake?
    1,010 people in the United States had the surname Pancake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,689 Americans. It ranked 24,702nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pancake?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Pancake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Pancake?
    Pancake is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Pancake getting more or less common?
    More common. 987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,010 in 2010, up 2.3%.