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    The surname Pen

    A surname, carried by 1,438 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P500

    Pen: #18,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pen #18,971, 1,438 people Pen: #18,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pen #18,971, 1,438 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pen is more common than 88.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,438 people named Pen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,705 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,079.

    #18,971
    rank among US surnames
    1,438
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +33.3%
    change since 2000 (was #22,283)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,971Pen1,438214,705
    #18,977Callas1,437214,854

    Who is named Pen

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

    80% of people named Pen identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pen

    Pen has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pen?
    1,438 people in the United States had the surname Pen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,705 Americans. It ranked 18,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pen?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Pen identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,438 in 2010, up 33%.