How common is the surname Penate?

2,211 people in the United States had the surname Penate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,641 Americans. It ranked 13,696th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Penate getting more or less common?

More common. 1,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,211 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Penate

A surname, carried by 2,211 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Penate is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,211 people named Penate in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,641 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,553.

#13,696

rank among US surnames

2,211

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+42.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,906)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,690	Mani	2,212	139,578
#13,696	Hanlin	2,211	139,641
#13,700	Kinslow	2,210	139,704
#13,703	Acklin	2,209	139,767

Who is named Penate

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

96% of people named Penate identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Penate

Penate has the Soundex code P530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P530.

Questions

How common is the surname Penate?: 2,211 people in the United States had the surname Penate in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,641 Americans. It ranked 13,696th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Penate?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Penate identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Penate getting more or less common?: More common. 1,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,211 in 2010, up 42%.