How common is the surname Perron?

5,023 people in the United States had the surname Perron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,466 Americans. It ranked 6,721st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perron?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Perron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Perron getting more or less common?

More common. 4,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,023 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Perron

A surname, carried by 5,023 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). Perron is more common than 95.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,023 people named Perron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,466 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,568.

#6,721

rank among US surnames

5,023

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #6,799)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,717	Brooke	5,027	61,417
#6,718	Amick	5,026	61,430
#6,720	Willie	5,025	61,442
#6,721	Wojciechowski	5,023	61,466

Who is named Perron

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

92% of people named Perron identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perron

Perron 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 Perron?: 5,023 people in the United States had the surname Perron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,466 Americans. It ranked 6,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perron?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Perron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Perron getting more or less common?: More common. 4,568 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,023 in 2010, up 10%.