How common is the surname Pearcy?

2,650 people in the United States had the surname Pearcy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,508 Americans. It ranked 11,810th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pearcy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,650 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Pearcy

A surname, carried by 2,650 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pearcy is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,650 people named Pearcy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,508 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,594.

#11,810

rank among US surnames

2,650

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,207)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,801	Feagin	2,653	116,376
#11,804	McEwan	2,652	116,420
#11,807	Woodburn	2,651	116,464
#11,810	Killough	2,650	116,508
#11,815	Inglis	2,649	116,552
#11,818	Nalls	2,648	116,596

Who is named Pearcy

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

89% of people named Pearcy identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
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 Pearcy

Pearcy has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Questions

How common is the surname Pearcy?: 2,650 people in the United States had the surname Pearcy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,508 Americans. It ranked 11,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pearcy?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pearcy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pearcy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,594 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,650 in 2010, up 2.2%.