How common is the surname Pell?

4,424 people in the United States had the surname Pell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. It ranked 7,520th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pell?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pell?

George Pell, Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023), followed by Claiborne Pell.

Where is the surname Pell most common?

Wikidata records people named Pell in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Pell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,424 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Pell

A surname, carried by 4,424 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pell is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,424 people named Pell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,329.

#7,520

rank among US surnames

4,424

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,116)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,511	Seger	4,434	69,631
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694
#7,514	Duquette	4,429	69,710
#7,515	Shuster	4,428	69,726
#7,516	Hans	4,427	69,741
#7,517	Eldredge	4,426	69,757

Who is named Pell

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

92% of people named Pell identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pells

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Pell
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
Claiborne Pell
American politician (1918–2009)
Paula Pell
American actor, writer and producer, born 1963
Theodore Pell
American tennis player (1879-1967)
Herbert Pell
American politician (1884-1961)

Notable Pells come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pell

Pell 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 Pell?: 4,424 people in the United States had the surname Pell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,789 Americans. It ranked 7,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pell?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pell?: George Pell, Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023), followed by Claiborne Pell.
Where is the surname Pell most common?: Wikidata records people named Pell in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Pell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,424 in 2010, up 2.2%.