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    The surname Pinon

    A surname, carried by 6,938 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P550

    Pinon: #5,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pinon #5,055, 6,938 people Pinon: #5,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pinon #5,055, 6,938 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pinon is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,938 people named Pinon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,501 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,127.

    #5,055
    rank among US surnames
    6,938
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +35.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,155)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,046Yeh6,95844,373
    #5,047Beeson6,95244,411
    #5,048Beardsley6,95044,424
    #5,049Woolsey6,94944,430
    #5,050Apple6,94844,437
    #5,051Sacco6,94244,475
    #5,052Shivers6,93944,494

    Who is named Pinon

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

    91% of people named Pinon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • Two or more races 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Pinons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nélida Piñon
      Brazilian writer, 1937–2022

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pinon

    Pinon has the Soundex code P550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pinon?
    6,938 people in the United States had the surname Pinon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,501 Americans. It ranked 5,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pinon?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pinon identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pinon?
    Nélida Piñon, Brazilian writer.
    Where is the surname Pinon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pinon in Brazil.
    Is the surname Pinon getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,938 in 2010, up 35%.