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The surname Persad

A surname, carried by 1,395 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P623

Persad: #19,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Persad #19,379, 1,395 people Persad: #19,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Persad #19,379, 1,395 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Persad is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,395 people named Persad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 221,323 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,065.

#19,379
rank among US surnames
1,395
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+31%
change since 2000 (was #22,538)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#19,372Crass1,396221,164
#19,379Persad1,395221,323

Who is named Persad

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

35% of people named Persad identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 35%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
  • Two or more races 14%
  • White (not Hispanic) 9.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Persad

Persad has the Soundex code P623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P623.

Questions

How common is the surname Persad?
1,395 people in the United States had the surname Persad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 221,323 Americans. It ranked 19,379th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Persad?
In the 2010 Census, 35% of people named Persad identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Persad getting more or less common?
More common. 1,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,395 in 2010, up 31%.