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    The surname Pough

    A surname, carried by 1,483 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Pough: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pough #18,584, 1,483 people Pough: #18,584 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pough #18,584, 1,483 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pough is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,483 people named Pough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,357.

    #18,584
    rank among US surnames
    1,483
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,701)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,579Shimabukuro1,484208,050
    #18,584Bollin1,483208,190

    Who is named Pough

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

    86% of people named Pough identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 86%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    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 Pough

    Pough has the Soundex code P200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pough?
    1,483 people in the United States had the surname Pough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,190 Americans. It ranked 18,584th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pough?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Pough identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pough getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,483 in 2010, up 9.3%.