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    The surname Peres

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 5,294 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peres is more common than 96% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    From Portuguese Peres.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,294 people named Peres in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,320 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,793.

    #6,420
    rank among US surnames
    5,294
    people in 2010
    1.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #6,528)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,411Reavis5,30558,199
    #6,412Moskowitz5,30458,210
    #6,413Hinman5,30358,221
    #6,414D'Elia5,30158,243
    #6,416Mick5,29958,265
    #6,417Woolard5,29658,298
    #6,418Reber5,29558,309

    Who is named Peres

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

    76% of people named Peres identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Peress

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bruno Peres
      Brazilian footballer (born 1990)
    • Luan Peres Petroni
      Brazilian association football player, born 1994
    • Jefferson Peres
      Brazilian politician and economist (1932-2008)
    • Flávia Arruda
      Brazilian politician, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peres

    Peres has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Peres come from?
    From Portuguese Peres.
    How common is the surname Peres?
    5,294 people in the United States had the surname Peres in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,320 Americans. It ranked 6,420th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peres?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Peres identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Peres?
    Bruno Peres, Brazilian footballer (born 1990), followed by Luan Peres Petroni.
    Where is the surname Peres most common?
    Wikidata records people named Peres in Brazil.
    Is the surname Peres getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,793 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,294 in 2010, up 11%.