How common is the surname Pellerin?

3,259 people in the United States had the surname Pellerin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,736 Americans. It ranked 9,912th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pellerin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,259 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Pellerin

A French surname, carried by 3,259 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P465

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pellerin is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Pellerin.

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 3,259 people named Pellerin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,736 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,126.

#9,912

rank among US surnames

3,259

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,543)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,907	Chamblee	3,263	94,620
#9,910	Everly	3,262	94,649
#9,912	Mijares	3,259	94,736
#9,917	Deem	3,258	94,765
#9,919	McCully	3,256	94,824

Who is named Pellerin

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

88% of people named Pellerin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pellerin come from?: From French Pellerin.
How common is the surname Pellerin?: 3,259 people in the United States had the surname Pellerin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,736 Americans. It ranked 9,912th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pellerin?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Pellerin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pellerin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,259 in 2010, up 4.3%.