How common is the surname Pecor?

1,148 people in the United States had the surname Pecor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. It ranked 22,421st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pecor?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pecor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pecor getting more or less common?

More common. 1,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,148 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Pecor

A surname, carried by 1,148 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pecor is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,148 people named Pecor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,088.

#22,421

rank among US surnames

1,148

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,164)

Who is named Pecor

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

93% of people named Pecor identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pecor

Pecora

Pecor has the Soundex code P260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P260.

Questions

How common is the surname Pecor?: 1,148 people in the United States had the surname Pecor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,942 Americans. It ranked 22,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pecor?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pecor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pecor getting more or less common?: More common. 1,088 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,148 in 2010, up 5.5%.