How common is the surname Penta?

1,070 people in the United States had the surname Penta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. It ranked 23,675th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Penta?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Penta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Penta getting more or less common?

More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,070 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Penta

A surname, carried by 1,070 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). Penta is more common than 85.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,070 people named Penta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,063.

#23,675

rank among US surnames

1,070

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #22,570)

Who is named Penta

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

88% of people named Penta identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Penta

Penta 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 Penta?: 1,070 people in the United States had the surname Penta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 288,547 Americans. It ranked 23,675th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Penta?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Penta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Penta getting more or less common?: More common. 1,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,070 in 2010, up 0.7%.