How common is the surname Percell?

1,009 people in the United States had the surname Percell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. It ranked 24,718th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Percell getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,009 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Percell

A surname, carried by 1,009 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Percell is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,009 people named Percell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,024.

#24,718

rank among US surnames

1,009

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #23,237)

Who is named Percell

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

62% of people named Percell identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 31%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Percell

Percell has the Soundex code P624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P624.

Questions

How common is the surname Percell?: 1,009 people in the United States had the surname Percell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 305,992 Americans. It ranked 24,718th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Percell?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Percell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Percell getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,009 in 2010, down 1.5%.