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    The surname Pilch

    A surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P420

    Pilch: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pilch #23,978, 1,052 people Pilch: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pilch #23,978, 1,052 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pilch is more common than 85.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,052 people named Pilch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,065.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,538)

    Who is named Pilch

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

    97% of people named Pilch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pilch

    Pilch has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pilch?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Pilch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pilch?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Pilch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pilch getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, down 1.2%.