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    The surname Pegues

    A surname, carried by 3,864 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P220

    Pegues: #8,518 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pegues #8,518, 3,864 people Pegues: #8,518 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pegues #8,518, 3,864 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pegues is more common than 94.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,864 people named Pegues in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,411.

    #8,518
    rank among US surnames
    3,864
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,839)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,511Sainz3,86979,800
    #8,512Shedd3,86879,820
    #8,517Lepage3,86579,882
    #8,518Pegues3,86479,903
    #8,523Coursey3,86279,944
    #8,525Sines3,86179,965

    Who is named Pegues

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

    81% of people named Pegues identified as Black (not Hispanic), 13% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 81%
    • White (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pegues?
    3,864 people in the United States had the surname Pegues in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. It ranked 8,518th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pegues?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Pegues identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 13% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pegues getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,864 in 2010, up 13%.