How common is the surname Pelland?

1,082 people in the United States had the surname Pelland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pelland?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pelland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pelland getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Pelland

A French surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelland is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Pelland.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,082 people named Pelland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,130.

#23,485

rank among US surnames

1,082

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,540)

Who is named Pelland

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

96% of people named Pelland identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pellant

Surnames that sound like Pelland

Pelland has the Soundex code P453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P453.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pelland come from?: Borrowed from French Pelland.
How common is the surname Pelland?: 1,082 people in the United States had the surname Pelland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelland?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pelland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pelland getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,130 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 4.2%.
What are other spellings of Pelland?: Pellant.