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    The surname Pelayo

    A surname, carried by 8,402 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P400

    Pelayo: #4,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pelayo #4,218, 8,402 people Pelayo: #4,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pelayo #4,218, 8,402 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelayo is more common than 97.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,402 people named Pelayo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,747 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,054.

    #4,218
    rank among US surnames
    8,402
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +38.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,295)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,209Monge8,41836,677
    #4,210Sandberg8,41636,686
    #4,211Swope8,41536,690
    #4,212Covey8,41436,694
    #4,213Ketchum8,40736,725
    #4,215Almaraz8,40436,738
    #4,217Hutto8,40336,742

    Who is named Pelayo

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

    91% of people named Pelayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.4% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pelayo

    Pelayo has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pelayo?
    8,402 people in the United States had the surname Pelayo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,747 Americans. It ranked 4,218th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pelayo?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pelayo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Pelayo getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,054 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,402 in 2010, up 39%.