How common is the surname Pelfrey?

4,136 people in the United States had the surname Pelfrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,648 Americans. It ranked 7,997th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pelfrey getting more or less common?

More common. 4,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,136 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Pelfrey

A surname, carried by 4,136 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelfrey is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Palfrey.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,136 people named Pelfrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,648 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,008.

#7,997

rank among US surnames

4,136

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,654)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,988	Norfleet	4,139	74,594
#7,992	Haws	4,138	74,612
#7,995	Willman	4,137	74,630
#7,997	McAnally	4,136	74,648
#8,002	Derose	4,135	74,666
#8,003	Karns	4,133	74,703
#8,005	Arcos	4,132	74,721

Who is named Pelfrey

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

95% of people named Pelfrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pelfrey

Palfrey

Pelfrey has the Soundex code P416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P416.

Questions

Where does the surname Pelfrey come from?: Variant of Palfrey.
How common is the surname Pelfrey?: 4,136 people in the United States had the surname Pelfrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,648 Americans. It ranked 7,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelfrey?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pelfrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Pelfrey getting more or less common?: More common. 4,008 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,136 in 2010, up 3.2%.