How common is the surname Pershing?

1,147 people in the United States had the surname Pershing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,177 Americans. It ranked 22,436th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pershing?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pershing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Pershing?

Pershing is /ˈpɝʃɪŋ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Pershing getting more or less common?

More common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,147 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Pershing

A surname, carried by 1,147 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpɝʃɪŋ/ 2 syllables Soundex P625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pershing is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,147 people named Pershing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,177 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,107.

#22,436

rank among US surnames

1,147

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,880)

Who is named Pershing

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

95% of people named Pershing identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pershing

Pershing has the Soundex code P625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P625.

Questions

How common is the surname Pershing?: 1,147 people in the United States had the surname Pershing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,177 Americans. It ranked 22,436th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pershing?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pershing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Pershing?: Pershing is /ˈpɝʃɪŋ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Pershing getting more or less common?: More common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,147 in 2010, up 3.6%.