How common is the surname Place?

7,251 people in the United States had the surname Place in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,580 Americans. It ranked 4,862nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Place?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Place identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Place?

Mary Kay Place, American actress, followed by Martha M. Place.

Where is the surname Place most common?

Wikidata records people named Place in the United States.

Is the surname Place getting more or less common?

More common. 7,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,251 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Place

A surname, carried by 7,251 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Place is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,251 people named Place in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,580 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,057.

#4,862

rank among US surnames

7,251

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,600)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,853	Cupp	7,263	42,509
#4,854	Christ	7,261	42,521
#4,856	McCool	7,259	42,533
#4,857	Ries	7,258	42,539
#4,858	McDaniels	7,256	42,550
#4,859	Speed	7,255	42,556
#4,860	Frankel	7,253	42,568

Who is named Place

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

93% of people named Place identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Places

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Kay Place
American actress, born 1947
Martha M. Place
American murderer who became the first woman to die in the electric chair, 1849–1899
Marcella Place
American field hockey player, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Place

Place 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 Place?: 7,251 people in the United States had the surname Place in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,580 Americans. It ranked 4,862nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Place?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Place identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Place?: Mary Kay Place, American actress, followed by Martha M. Place.
Where is the surname Place most common?: Wikidata records people named Place in the United States.
Is the surname Place getting more or less common?: More common. 7,057 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,251 in 2010, up 2.7%.