How common is the surname Pelc?

1,003 people in the United States had the surname Pelc in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. It ranked 24,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pelc?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pelc identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pelc getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,003 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Pelc

A Czech surname, carried by 1,003 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelc is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Pelc.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,003 people named Pelc in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,128.

#24,822

rank among US surnames

1,003

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-11.1%

change since 2000 (was #21,565)

Who is named Pelc

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

95% of people named Pelc identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%

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 Pelc

Pelc has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pelc come from?: Borrowed from Czech Pelc.
How common is the surname Pelc?: 1,003 people in the United States had the surname Pelc in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. It ranked 24,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelc?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pelc identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pelc getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,003 in 2010, down 11%.