How common is the surname Pigeon?

1,661 people in the United States had the surname Pigeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. It ranked 17,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pigeon?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Pigeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Pigeon getting more or less common?

More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,661 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Pigeon

A surname, carried by 1,661 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pigeon is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,661 people named Pigeon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,628.

#17,087

rank among US surnames

1,661

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #16,293)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,080	Wile	1,662	185,767
#17,087	Kendig	1,661	185,879

Who is named Pigeon

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

82% of people named Pigeon identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
American Indian and Alaska Native 11%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%

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 Pigeon

Pigeon has the Soundex code P250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P250.

Questions

How common is the surname Pigeon?: 1,661 people in the United States had the surname Pigeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. It ranked 17,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pigeon?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Pigeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Pigeon getting more or less common?: More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,661 in 2010, up 2.0%.