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    The surname Pinela

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P540

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinela is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Pinela; this surname is predominantly found in Ecuador and Puerto Rico.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 532 people named Pinela in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 501.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #41,060)

    Who is named Pinela

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

    94% of people named Pinela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pinela

    Pinela has the Soundex code P540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P540.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pinela come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Pinela; this surname is predominantly found in Ecuador and Puerto Rico.
    How common is the surname Pinela?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Pinela in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pinela?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pinela identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pinela getting more or less common?
    More common. 501 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, up 6.2%.