How common is the surname Pecina?

2,842 people in the United States had the surname Pecina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. It ranked 11,142nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pecina getting more or less common?

More common. 1,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,842 in 2010, up 52%.

The surname Pecina

A surname, carried by 2,842 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pecina is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,842 people named Pecina in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,866.

#11,142

rank among US surnames

2,842

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+52.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,622)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,134	McWhirter	2,846	108,484
#11,135	Pernell	2,845	108,522
#11,138	Henrich	2,843	108,599
#11,142	Getty	2,842	108,637
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675

Who is named Pecina

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

90% of people named Pecina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
White (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pecina

Pecina has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.

Questions

How common is the surname Pecina?: 2,842 people in the United States had the surname Pecina in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,637 Americans. It ranked 11,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pecina?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Pecina identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pecina getting more or less common?: More common. 1,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,842 in 2010, up 52%.