How common is the surname Pangborn?

1,002 people in the United States had the surname Pangborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,129 Americans. It ranked 24,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pangborn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pangborn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pangborn?

Franklin Pangborn, American actor (1889–1958), followed by Edgar Pangborn.

Where is the surname Pangborn most common?

Wikidata records people named Pangborn in the United States.

Is the surname Pangborn getting more or less common?

More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,002 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Pangborn

A surname, carried by 1,002 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P521

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pangborn is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,002 people named Pangborn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 308,129 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 974.

#24,838

rank among US surnames

1,002

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #24,146)

Who is named Pangborn

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

94% of people named Pangborn identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 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 Pangborns

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franklin Pangborn
American actor (1889–1958)
Edgar Pangborn
American writer (1909–1976)
Clyde Edward Pangborn
American aviator, 1895–1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Pangborn

Pangburn

Pangborn has the Soundex code P521, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P521.

Questions

How common is the surname Pangborn?: 1,002 people in the United States had the surname Pangborn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 308,129 Americans. It ranked 24,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pangborn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pangborn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pangborn?: Franklin Pangborn, American actor (1889–1958), followed by Edgar Pangborn.
Where is the surname Pangborn most common?: Wikidata records people named Pangborn in the United States.
Is the surname Pangborn getting more or less common?: More common. 974 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,002 in 2010, up 2.9%.