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    The surname Perine

    A surname, carried by 1,413 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P650

    Perine: #19,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Perine #19,210, 1,413 people Perine: #19,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Perine #19,210, 1,413 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perine is more common than 88.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,413 people named Perine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,245.

    #19,210
    rank among US surnames
    1,413
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,953)

    Who is named Perine

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

    64% of people named Perine identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Perine

    Perine has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Perine?
    1,413 people in the United States had the surname Perine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,504 Americans. It ranked 19,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Perine?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Perine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Perine getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,245 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,413 in 2010, up 14%.