How common is the surname Pelkey?

4,579 people in the United States had the surname Pelkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,426 Americans. It ranked 7,279th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pelkey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pelkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pelkey?

Amanda Pelkey, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Pelkey most common?

Wikidata records people named Pelkey in the United States.

Is the surname Pelkey getting more or less common?

More common. 4,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,579 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Pelkey

A surname, carried by 4,579 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelkey is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,579 people named Pelkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,426 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,475.

#7,279

rank among US surnames

4,579

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,918)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,272	Pass	4,583	67,368
#7,274	Botts	4,582	67,382
#7,275	Grajeda	4,580	67,412
#7,279	Pelkey	4,579	67,426
#7,281	Sacks	4,577	67,456
#7,282	Stedman	4,576	67,471

Who is named Pelkey

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

94% of people named Pelkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pelkeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amanda Pelkey
American ice hockey player, born 1993

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pelkey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Pelkey?: 4,579 people in the United States had the surname Pelkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,426 Americans. It ranked 7,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelkey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pelkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pelkey?: Amanda Pelkey, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Pelkey most common?: Wikidata records people named Pelkey in the United States.
Is the surname Pelkey getting more or less common?: More common. 4,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,579 in 2010, up 2.3%.