How common is the surname Pankratz?

2,498 people in the United States had the surname Pankratz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pankratz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pankratz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pankratz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Pankratz

A surname, carried by 2,498 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pankratz is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Medieval German surname, from a vernacular form of Latin Pancratius; see Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,498 people named Pankratz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,317.

#12,435

rank among US surnames

2,498

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,305)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498
#12,432	Soza	2,499	123,548
#12,435	Wittenberg	2,498	123,597
#12,440	Tobler	2,497	123,647
#12,444	Cournoyer	2,496	123,696

Who is named Pankratz

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

95% of people named Pankratz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pankratz

Pankhurst

Pankratz has the Soundex code P526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P526.

Questions

Where does the surname Pankratz come from?: Medieval German surname, from a vernacular form of Latin Pancratius; see Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion).
How common is the surname Pankratz?: 2,498 people in the United States had the surname Pankratz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,597 Americans. It ranked 12,435th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pankratz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pankratz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pankratz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,498 in 2010, up 7.8%.