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    The surname Pomerantz

    A surname, carried by 1,883 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P565

    Pomerantz: #15,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pomerantz #15,541, 1,883 people Pomerantz: #15,541 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pomerantz #15,541, 1,883 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pomerantz is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,883 people named Pomerantz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,965 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,862.

    #15,541
    rank among US surnames
    1,883
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,646)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,533Kadlec1,884163,878
    #15,541Pomerantz1,883163,965
    #15,546Weldy1,882164,052

    Who is named Pomerantz

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

    96% of people named Pomerantz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pomerantz?
    1,883 people in the United States had the surname Pomerantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,965 Americans. It ranked 15,541st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pomerantz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pomerantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pomerantz getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,862 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,883 in 2010, up 1.1%.