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    The surname Pelico

    A Catalan nickname surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P420

    Pelico: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pelico #40,672, 537 people Pelico: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pelico #40,672, 537 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelico is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Possibly borrowed from Catalan Pelicó, a nickname from pelicó (“downy; hairy”); this surname is predominantly found in the Guatemala.

    Pelico is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 537 people named Pelico in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is up 238% since 2000, when the Census counted 159.

    #40,672
    rank among US surnames
    537
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +237.7%
    change since 2000 (was #104,257)

    Who is named Pelico

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

    92% of people named Pelico identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pelico

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

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pelico come from?
    Possibly borrowed from Catalan Pelicó, a nickname from pelicó (“downy; hairy”); this surname is predominantly found in the Guatemala.
    How common is the surname Pelico?
    537 people in the United States had the surname Pelico in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pelico?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pelico identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Pelico?
    Pelico is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Pelico getting more or less common?
    More common. 159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, up 238%.