How common is the surname Perkey?

1,053 people in the United States had the surname Perkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perkey?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Perkey getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, down 5.4%.

The surname Perkey

A surname, carried by 1,053 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perkey is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,053 people named Perkey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,113.

#23,957

rank among US surnames

1,053

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,791)

Who is named Perkey

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

96% of people named Perkey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perkey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Perkey?: 1,053 people in the United States had the surname Perkey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,206 Americans. It ranked 23,957th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perkey?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perkey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Perkey getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,053 in 2010, down 5.4%.