How common is the surname Perna?

3,467 people in the United States had the surname Perna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,053 Americans. It ranked 9,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perna?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Perna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Perna getting more or less common?

More common. 3,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,467 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Perna

A surname, carried by 3,467 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perna is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,467 people named Perna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,053 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,340.

#9,382

rank among US surnames

3,467

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,002)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,375	Canaday	3,470	88,976
#9,378	Foxworth	3,469	89,001
#9,381	Frechette	3,468	89,027
#9,382	Hennings	3,467	89,053
#9,384	Geraghty	3,465	89,104
#9,389	Averett	3,464	89,130

Who is named Perna

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

91% of people named Perna identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perna

Perna 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 Perna?: 3,467 people in the United States had the surname Perna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,053 Americans. It ranked 9,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perna?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Perna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Perna getting more or less common?: More common. 3,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,467 in 2010, up 3.8%.