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    The surname Pons

    A surname, carried by 2,384 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P520

    Pons: #12,897 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pons #12,897, 2,384 people Pons: #12,897 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pons #12,897, 2,384 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pons is more common than 92.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,384 people named Pons in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,507 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,129.

    #12,897
    rank among US surnames
    2,384
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12%
    change since 2000 (was #13,165)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,889Emrick2,386129,399
    #12,894Bross2,385129,453
    #12,897Dedrick2,384129,507
    #12,900Jacobus2,383129,562
    #12,904Leist2,382129,616

    Who is named Pons

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

    50% of people named Pons identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Ponss

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lily Pons
      American opera singer and actress (1898-1976)
    • Antonio Pons
      Acting President of Ecuador (1935)
    • Stanley Pons
      American scientist, born 1943
    • Norma Pons
      Argentine actress, 1943–2014
    • María José Pons
      Association footballer, born 1984
    • Luciano Pons
      Argentine footballer, born 1990

    Notable Ponss come mostly from Argentina (2), France (1) and Ecuador (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pons

    Pons has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pons?
    2,384 people in the United States had the surname Pons in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,507 Americans. It ranked 12,897th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pons?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Pons identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pons?
    Lily Pons, American opera singer and actress (1898-1976), followed by Antonio Pons.
    Where is the surname Pons most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pons in Argentina, France and Ecuador and 2 other countries.
    Is the surname Pons getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,129 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,384 in 2010, up 12%.