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    The surname Peralez

    A surname, carried by 2,243 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P642

    Peralez: #13,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peralez #13,525, 2,243 people Peralez: #13,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peralez #13,525, 2,243 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peralez is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,243 people named Peralez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,648 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,918.

    #13,525
    rank among US surnames
    2,243
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.9%
    change since 2000 (was #14,325)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,517Amico2,244137,587
    #13,525Peralez2,243137,648
    #13,531Stringham2,242137,710

    Who is named Peralez

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

    91% of people named Peralez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peralez

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Peralez?
    2,243 people in the United States had the surname Peralez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,648 Americans. It ranked 13,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peralez?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Peralez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Peralez getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,918 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,243 in 2010, up 17%.