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    The surname Pembroke

    A surname, carried by 724 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/ 2 syllables Soundex P516

    Pembroke: #31,873 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pembroke #31,873, 724 people Pembroke: #31,873 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pembroke #31,873, 724 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pembroke is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

    Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 724 people named Pembroke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 426,444 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 742.

    #31,873
    rank among US surnames
    724
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #29,873)

    Who is named Pembroke

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

    89% of people named Pembroke identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pembroke

    Pembroke has the Soundex code P516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P516.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pembroke come from?
    Ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *Penn-broɣ (literally “land's head, land's end”), whence Welsh Penfro.
    How common is the surname Pembroke?
    724 people in the United States had the surname Pembroke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 426,444 Americans. It ranked 31,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pembroke?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pembroke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Pembroke?
    Pembroke is /ˈpɛmbɹʊk/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Pembroke getting more or less common?
    Less common. 742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 724 in 2010, down 2.4%.