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    The surname Pompey

    A surname, carried by 2,473 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P510

    Pompey: #12,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pompey #12,531, 2,473 people Pompey: #12,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pompey #12,531, 2,473 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pompey is more common than 92.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,473 people named Pompey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,339.

    #12,531
    rank among US surnames
    2,473
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,525Mendivil2,474124,796
    #12,531Pompey2,473124,847
    #12,536Dahlin2,472124,897
    #12,540Volker2,471124,948

    Who is named Pompey

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

    72% of people named Pompey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 72%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pompey

    Pompey has the Soundex code P510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P510.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pompey?
    2,473 people in the United States had the surname Pompey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,847 Americans. It ranked 12,531st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pompey?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Pompey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pompey getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,473 in 2010, up 5.7%.