# Person (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/person/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 67,411 |
| US rank (2010) | 496 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,580 people |
| Change since 2000 | +252% (19,129 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Person in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 13% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Person in the United States and Brazil.

## People named Person

- Chuck Person, American basketball player
- Wesley Person, American basketball player (born 1971)
- Houston Person, American jazz saxophonist (born 1934)
- Marina Person, Brazilian actress

## Similar surnames

Pearson, Pierson, Parson, Presson, Persson, Pehrson, Perkins, Parsons, Persinger, Persons, Perkinson, Persing.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.