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    The surname Pelt

    A surname, carried by 2,077 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P430

    Pelt: #14,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pelt #14,392, 2,077 people Pelt: #14,392 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pelt #14,392, 2,077 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelt is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,077 people named Pelt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,864.

    #14,392
    rank among US surnames
    2,077
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,634)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,392Pelt2,077148,650
    #14,398Hucks2,076148,721

    Who is named Pelt

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

    65% of people named Pelt identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pelt

    Pelt has the Soundex code P430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pelt?
    2,077 people in the United States had the surname Pelt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,650 Americans. It ranked 14,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pelt?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Pelt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pelt getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,077 in 2010, up 11%.