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    The surname Petersheim

    A surname, carried by 2,354 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P362

    Petersheim: #13,042 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Petersheim #13,042, 2,354 people Petersheim: #13,042 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Petersheim #13,042, 2,354 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Petersheim is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,354 people named Petersheim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,425.

    #13,042
    rank among US surnames
    2,354
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +65.2%
    change since 2000 (was #18,045)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,034Weight2,356131,046
    #13,037Cargile2,355131,102
    #13,042Motz2,354131,158
    #13,049Atkin2,353131,214

    Who is named Petersheim

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

    98% of people named Petersheim identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Petersheim

    Petersheim has the Soundex code P362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Petersheim?
    2,354 people in the United States had the surname Petersheim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,158 Americans. It ranked 13,042nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Petersheim?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Petersheim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Petersheim getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,354 in 2010, up 65%.