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    The surname Perales

    A Spanish surname, carried by 14,593 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P642

    Perales: #2,467 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Perales #2,467, 14,593 people Perales: #2,467 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Perales #2,467, 14,593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perales is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    A surname from Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,593 people named Perales in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,157 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,558.

    #2,467
    rank among US surnames
    14,593
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,850)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,458Harman14,65821,063
    #2,459Durbin14,65021,075
    #2,460Gaytan14,64721,079
    #2,461Baumann14,64421,083
    #2,462Salter14,64121,088
    #2,463Silverman14,63621,095
    #2,464Meehan14,63021,104

    Who is named Perales

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

    93% of people named Perales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Peraless

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Enrique Perales
      Association football player (1914-2002)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Perales

    Perales has the Soundex code P642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P642.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Perales come from?
    Perales is Spanish in origin.
    How common is the surname Perales?
    14,593 people in the United States had the surname Perales in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,157 Americans. It ranked 2,467th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Perales?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Perales identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Perales?
    Enrique Perales, association football player (1914-2002).
    Where is the surname Perales most common?
    Wikidata records people named Perales in Peru.
    Is the surname Perales getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,593 in 2010, up 26%.