The surname Penafiel
A surname, carried by 1,160 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex P514
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,160 people named Penafiel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 644.
#22,235
rank among US surnames
1,160
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+80.1%
change since 2000 (was #33,425)
Who is named Penafiel
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Penafiel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 7.2%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Two or more races 0.8%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Penafiel has the Soundex code P514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P514.
Questions
- How common is the surname Penafiel?
- 1,160 people in the United States had the surname Penafiel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,160 Americans. It ranked 22,235th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Penafiel?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Penafiel identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Penafiel getting more or less common?
- More common. 644 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,160 in 2010, up 80%.