How common is the surname Pere?

616 people in the United States had the surname Pere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. It ranked 36,337th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pere?

In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Pere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pere getting more or less common?

More common. 473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 616 in 2010, up 30%.

Is Pere also a first name?

Yes. Pere is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Pere

A French place surname, carried by 616 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pere is more common than 77.6% of them.

Origin

French origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from French Péré, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Catalan Pere, a personal name equivalent of Peter. * Borrowed from Hungarian Pere.

Pere is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 616 people named Pere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 473.

#36,337

rank among US surnames

616

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+30.2%

change since 2000 (was #43,058)

Who is named Pere

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

53% of people named Pere identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 36%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pere

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pere come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from French Péré, a habitational surname. * Borrowed from Catalan Pere, a personal name equivalent of Peter. * Borrowed from Hungarian Pere.
How common is the surname Pere?: 616 people in the United States had the surname Pere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 501,210 Americans. It ranked 36,337th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pere?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Pere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Pere?: Pere is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pere getting more or less common?: More common. 473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 616 in 2010, up 30%.
Is Pere also a first name?: Yes. Pere is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.