How common is the surname Peguero?

4,457 people in the United States had the surname Peguero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. It ranked 7,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Peguero getting more or less common?

More common. 3,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,457 in 2010, up 49%.

The surname Peguero

A surname, carried by 4,457 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). Peguero is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,457 people named Peguero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,001.

#7,473

rank among US surnames

4,457

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+48.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,922)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,468	Ruhl	4,462	69,194
#7,470	Cavender	4,460	69,225
#7,472	Calixto	4,458	69,257
#7,473	Peguero	4,457	69,272

Who is named Peguero

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

95% of people named Peguero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95%
White (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Peguero?: 4,457 people in the United States had the surname Peguero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,272 Americans. It ranked 7,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peguero?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Peguero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.2% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Peguero getting more or less common?: More common. 3,001 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,457 in 2010, up 49%.