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    The surname Panther

    A surname, carried by 1,300 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P536

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Panther is more common than 87.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,300 people named Panther in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,105.

    #20,434
    rank among US surnames
    1,300
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,902)

    Who is named Panther

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

    69% of people named Panther identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 8.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Panther

    Panther has the Soundex code P536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P536.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Panther?
    1,300 people in the United States had the surname Panther in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. It ranked 20,434th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Panther?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Panther identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname Panther getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,300 in 2010, up 18%.