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    The surname Pitcher

    A surname, carried by 6,272 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P326

    Pitcher: #5,539 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pitcher #5,539, 6,272 people Pitcher: #5,539 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pitcher #5,539, 6,272 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pitcher is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,272 people named Pitcher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,226 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,042.

    #5,539
    rank among US surnames
    6,272
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,306)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,530Kamara6,28849,101
    #5,531Hardee6,28349,140
    #5,533Boylan6,28049,163
    #5,534Linden6,27649,195
    #5,535Dee6,27549,202
    #5,537Rascon6,27449,210
    #5,538Hassell6,27349,218

    Who is named Pitcher

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

    91% of people named Pitcher identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pitcher

    Pitcher has the Soundex code P326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P326.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pitcher?
    6,272 people in the United States had the surname Pitcher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,226 Americans. It ranked 5,539th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pitcher?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pitcher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pitcher getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,042 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,272 in 2010, up 3.8%.