How common is the surname Pernell?

2,845 people in the United States had the surname Pernell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,522 Americans. It ranked 11,135th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pernell getting more or less common?

More common. 2,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,845 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Pernell

A surname, carried by 2,845 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P654

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pernell is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,845 people named Pernell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,522 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,530.

#11,135

rank among US surnames

2,845

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+12.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,428)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,131	Arnone	2,848	108,408
#11,132	Rieck	2,847	108,446
#11,134	McWhirter	2,846	108,484
#11,135	Pernell	2,845	108,522
#11,138	Henrich	2,843	108,599
#11,142	Getty	2,842	108,637

Who is named Pernell

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

63% of people named Pernell identified as Black (not Hispanic), 32% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 63%
White (not Hispanic) 32%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pernell

Pernell has the Soundex code P654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P654.

Questions

How common is the surname Pernell?: 2,845 people in the United States had the surname Pernell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,522 Americans. It ranked 11,135th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pernell?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Pernell identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 32% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pernell getting more or less common?: More common. 2,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,845 in 2010, up 13%.