The surname Puga
A surname, carried by 7,056 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P200
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 7,056 people named Puga in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,756 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,224.
#4,977
rank among US surnames
7,056
people in 2010
2.4
per 100,000 Americans
+35.1%
change since 2000 (was #6,057)
Who is named Puga
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Puga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
- Two or more races 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Puga 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 Puga?
- 7,056 people in the United States had the surname Puga in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,756 Americans. It ranked 4,977th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Puga?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Puga identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Puga getting more or less common?
- More common. 5,224 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,056 in 2010, up 35%.