How common is the surname Pond?

9,052 people in the United States had the surname Pond in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,108 Americans. It ranked 3,930th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pond?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pond identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pond?

John Pond, British astronomer, followed by Mimi Pond.

Where is the surname Pond most common?

Wikidata records people named Pond in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Pond getting more or less common?

More common. 8,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,052 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Pond

A surname, carried by 9,052 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pond is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,052 people named Pond in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,108 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,697.

#3,930

rank among US surnames

9,052

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,746)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,925	Martel	9,056	34,093
#3,927	Reimer	9,055	34,097
#3,928	Pickard	9,053	34,104
#3,930	Pond	9,052	34,108

Who is named Pond

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

91% of people named Pond identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ponds

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Pond
British astronomer, 1767–1836
Mimi Pond
American cartoonist and writer, born 1950
Nathan Pond
Association football player (born 1985)

Notable Ponds come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pond

Pond has the Soundex code P530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P530.

Questions

Where does the surname Pond come from?: * As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.
How common is the surname Pond?: 9,052 people in the United States had the surname Pond in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,108 Americans. It ranked 3,930th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pond?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pond identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pond?: John Pond, British astronomer, followed by Mimi Pond.
Where is the surname Pond most common?: Wikidata records people named Pond in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Pond getting more or less common?: More common. 8,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,052 in 2010, up 4.1%.