How common is the surname Pecora?

2,509 people in the United States had the surname Pecora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,055 Americans. It ranked 12,395th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pecora?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pecora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pecora getting more or less common?

More common. 2,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,509 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Pecora

A surname, carried by 2,509 people in the United States.

3 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). Pecora is more common than 92.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,509 people named Pecora in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,055 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,330.

#12,395

rank among US surnames

2,509

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,252)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,389	Harrah	2,511	122,957
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006
#12,395	Melia	2,509	123,055
#12,397	Banfield	2,508	123,104
#12,399	Lipman	2,507	123,153

Who is named Pecora

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

93% of people named Pecora identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pecora

Pecor

Pecora 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 Pecora?: 2,509 people in the United States had the surname Pecora in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,055 Americans. It ranked 12,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pecora?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pecora identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pecora getting more or less common?: More common. 2,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,509 in 2010, up 7.7%.