# Puig (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/puig/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Catalan.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Catalan |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,198 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,764 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 140,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,926 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Puig.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Puig in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 79% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Puig in Argentina.

## People named Puig

- Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (1932-1990)

## Similar surnames

Puga, Pigg, Pugh, Page, Peck, Pace, Pike, Paz, Paige, Posey, Pack, Pease.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.