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    The surname Perich

    A Catalan surname, carried by 650 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). Perich is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Americanized form of Serbo-Croatian Perić. Also borrowed from Catalan Perich, variant of Peric.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 650 people named Perich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 639.

    #34,758
    rank among US surnames
    650
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #33,653)

    Who is named Perich

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

    85% of people named Perich identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Perich

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

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Perich come from?
    Americanized form of Serbo-Croatian Perić. Also borrowed from Catalan Perich, variant of Peric.
    How common is the surname Perich?
    650 people in the United States had the surname Perich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. It ranked 34,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Perich?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Perich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Perich getting more or less common?
    More common. 639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 650 in 2010, up 1.7%.