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    The surname Pouncy

    A surname, carried by 1,319 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P520

    Pouncy: #20,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pouncy #20,201, 1,319 people Pouncy: #20,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pouncy #20,201, 1,319 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pouncy is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,319 people named Pouncy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,159.

    #20,201
    rank among US surnames
    1,319
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,113)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,192Ruppe1,320233,898
    #20,201Redington1,319234,075

    Who is named Pouncy

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

    84% of people named Pouncy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 84%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Two or more races 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    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 Pouncy

    Pouncy 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 Pouncy?
    1,319 people in the United States had the surname Pouncy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,075 Americans. It ranked 20,201st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pouncy?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Pouncy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pouncy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,319 in 2010, up 14%.