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    The surname Pentz

    A surname, carried by 1,617 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P532

    Pentz: #17,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pentz #17,441, 1,617 people Pentz: #17,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pentz #17,441, 1,617 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pentz is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,617 people named Pentz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,937 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,639.

    #17,441
    rank among US surnames
    1,617
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,208)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,432Marzano1,618190,819
    #17,441Canipe1,617190,937
    #17,447Gaye1,616191,055

    Who is named Pentz

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

    96% of people named Pentz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pentz

    Pentz has the Soundex code P532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pentz?
    1,617 people in the United States had the surname Pentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,937 Americans. It ranked 17,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pentz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pentz getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,617 in 2010, down 1.3%.