# Pastor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pastor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,647 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,642 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 40,375 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (6,214 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

See pastor.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pastor in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 47% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 6.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pastor in the United States.

## People named Pastor

- Ed Pastor, American politician (1943–2018)

## Similar surnames

Pastore, Pastrana, Pasternak, Pastran, Pfister, Pusateri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.