How common is the surname Persing?

1,171 people in the United States had the surname Persing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. It ranked 22,106th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Persing?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Persing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Persing getting more or less common?

More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,171 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Persing

A surname, carried by 1,171 people in the United States.

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). Persing is more common than 86.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,171 people named Persing in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,152.

#22,106

rank among US surnames

1,171

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,230)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,106	Cebula	1,171	263,660
#22,113	Mansoor	1,170	263,885

Who is named Persing

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

95% of people named Persing identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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 Persing

Persing 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 Persing?: 1,171 people in the United States had the surname Persing in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 263,660 Americans. It ranked 22,106th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Persing?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Persing identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Persing getting more or less common?: More common. 1,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,171 in 2010, up 1.6%.