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    The surname Perks

    A surname, carried by 1,262 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Perks: #20,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Perks #20,884, 1,262 people Perks: #20,884 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Perks #20,884, 1,262 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perks is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,262 people named Perks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,648 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,272.

    #20,884
    rank among US surnames
    1,262
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,618)

    Who is named Perks

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

    88% of people named Perks identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; 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 Perks

    Perks 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 Perks?
    1,262 people in the United States had the surname Perks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,648 Americans. It ranked 20,884th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Perks?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Perks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Perks getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,262 in 2010, down 0.8%.