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    The surname Pera

    A surname, carried by 2,631 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P600

    Pera: #11,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pera #11,899, 2,631 people Pera: #11,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pera #11,899, 2,631 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pera is more common than 92.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,631 people named Pera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,349 Americans. That is down 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,461.

    #11,899
    rank among US surnames
    2,631
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    -24%
    change since 2000 (was #8,741)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,890Defrancisco2,633117,260
    #11,894Addy2,632117,305
    #11,899Hosmer2,631117,349
    #11,904Bluhm2,630117,394
    #11,907Beauvais2,629117,438

    Who is named Pera

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

    48% of people named Pera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 48%
    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Peras

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joe Pera
      American comedian, born 1980
    • Radames Pera
      American actor, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pera

    Pera has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pera?
    2,631 people in the United States had the surname Pera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,349 Americans. It ranked 11,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pera?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Pera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pera?
    Joe Pera, American comedian, followed by Radames Pera.
    Where is the surname Pera most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pera in the United States.
    Is the surname Pera getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,631 in 2010, down 24%.