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    The surname Pankey

    A surname, carried by 4,626 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P520

    Pankey: #7,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pankey #7,216, 4,626 people Pankey: #7,216 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pankey #7,216, 4,626 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pankey is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,626 people named Pankey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,741 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,555.

    #7,216
    rank among US surnames
    4,626
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,534)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,210Luker4,62966,698
    #7,211Eckstein4,62866,713
    #7,215Weissman4,62766,727
    #7,216Pankey4,62666,741
    #7,217Ni4,62466,770

    Who is named Pankey

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

    50% of people named Pankey identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 22% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 22%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pankey

    Pankey has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pankey?
    4,626 people in the United States had the surname Pankey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,741 Americans. It ranked 7,216th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pankey?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Pankey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pankey getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,626 in 2010, up 30%.