# Perl (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/perl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,150 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,006 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 143,603 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (1,945 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perl in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Perl in the United States and the Russian Empire.

## People named Perl

- Martin Lewis Perl, American scientist (1927–2014)
- Joseph Perl, Ashkenazi Jewish educator and writer, born in the Austrian province of Galicia (1773–1839)

## Similar surnames

Pearl, Perillo, Perla, Parrilla, Prill, Prioleau, Prall, Prahl, Prowell, Purewal, Pröll.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.