How common is the surname Pascual?

11,959 people in the United States had the surname Pascual in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,817 Americans. It ranked 2,998th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pascual getting more or less common?

More common. 7,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,959 in 2010, up 59%.

The surname Pascual

A Spanish surname, carried by 11,959 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pascual is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Pascual. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,959 people named Pascual in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,817 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,536.

#2,998

rank among US surnames

11,959

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+58.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,354)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,989	Brink	11,982	25,767
#2,990	Herr	11,980	25,772
#2,991	Falk	11,979	25,774
#2,992	Beverly	11,978	25,776
#2,993	Wylie	11,975	25,783
#2,994	Fallon	11,974	25,785
#2,995	Billingsley	11,973	25,787

Who is named Pascual

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

53% of people named Pascual identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.4% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53%
Asian and Pacific Islander 37%
White (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Two or more races 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pascual

Pascual has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pascual come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Pascual. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
How common is the surname Pascual?: 11,959 people in the United States had the surname Pascual in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,817 Americans. It ranked 2,998th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pascual?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Pascual identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 37% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Pascual getting more or less common?: More common. 7,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,959 in 2010, up 59%.