How common is the surname Persaud?

11,956 people in the United States had the surname Persaud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,823 Americans. It ranked 3,000th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Persaud getting more or less common?

More common. 8,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,956 in 2010, up 38%.

The surname Persaud

A surname, carried by 11,956 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Persaud is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,956 people named Persaud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,823 Americans. That is up 38% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,649.

#3,000

rank among US surnames

11,956

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+38.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,766)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,991	Falk	11,979	25,774
#2,992	Beverly	11,978	25,776
#2,993	Wylie	11,975	25,783
#2,994	Fallon	11,974	25,785
#2,995	Billingsley	11,973	25,787
#2,996	Stack	11,967	25,800
#2,997	Chowdhury	11,961	25,813

Who is named Persaud

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

52% of people named Persaud identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 10% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
White (not Hispanic) 10%
Two or more races 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.7%

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Persaud

Persad

Persaud 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 Persaud?: 11,956 people in the United States had the surname Persaud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,823 Americans. It ranked 3,000th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Persaud?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Persaud identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Persaud getting more or less common?: More common. 8,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,956 in 2010, up 38%.