The surname Penson
A surname, carried by 1,891 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P525
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,891 people named Penson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,557.
#15,483
rank among US surnames
1,891
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+21.5%
change since 2000 (was #16,871)
Who is named Penson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
51% of people named Penson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Black (not Hispanic) 51%
- White (not Hispanic) 37%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Penson
Penson has the Soundex code P525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P525.
Questions
- How common is the surname Penson?
- 1,891 people in the United States had the surname Penson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. It ranked 15,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Penson?
- In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Penson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Penson getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,557 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,891 in 2010, up 22%.