How common is the surname Person?

67,411 people in the United States had the surname Person in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,580 Americans. It ranked 496th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Person?

Chuck Person, American basketball player, followed by Wesley Person.

Where is the surname Person most common?

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

Is the surname Person getting more or less common?

More common. 19,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 67,411 in 2010, up 252%.

The surname Person

A surname, carried by 67,411 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). Person is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 67,411 people named Person in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,580 Americans. That is up 252% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,129.

#496

rank among US surnames

67,411

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+252.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,719)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#487	Clarke	68,281	4,522
#488	Barton	68,233	4,525
#489	Schroeder	67,977	4,542
#490	Maxwell	67,961	4,543
#491	Waters	67,929	4,545
#492	Logan	67,909	4,546
#493	Camacho	67,893	4,548

Who is named Person

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

46% of people named Person identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 13% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Persons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chuck Person
American basketball player, born 1964
Wesley Person
American basketball player (born 1971)
Houston Person
American jazz saxophonist (born 1934)
Marina Person
Brazilian actress, born 1969

Notable Persons come mostly from the United States (3) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Person

Person 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 Person?: 67,411 people in the United States had the surname Person in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,580 Americans. It ranked 496th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Person?: In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Person identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Person?: Chuck Person, American basketball player, followed by Wesley Person.
Where is the surname Person most common?: Wikidata records people named Person in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Person getting more or less common?: More common. 19,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 67,411 in 2010, up 252%.