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The surname Pellegrin

A French surname, carried by 2,080 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P426

Pellegrin: #14,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pellegrin #14,374, 2,080 people Pellegrin: #14,374 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pellegrin #14,374, 2,080 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pellegrin is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Pellegrin.

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 2,080 people named Pellegrin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,435 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,931.

#14,374
rank among US surnames
2,080
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.7%
change since 2000 (was #14,250)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,368Artman2,081148,364
#14,374Sclafani2,080148,435
#14,378Litwin2,079148,507
#14,382Fails2,078148,578

Who is named Pellegrin

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

93% of people named Pellegrin identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pellegrin

Pellegrin has the Soundex code P426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P426.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pellegrin come from?
From French Pellegrin.
How common is the surname Pellegrin?
2,080 people in the United States had the surname Pellegrin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,435 Americans. It ranked 14,374th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pellegrin?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pellegrin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pellegrin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,080 in 2010, up 7.7%.