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    The surname Puig

    A Catalan surname, carried by 2,198 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P200

    Puig: #13,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Puig #13,764, 2,198 people Puig: #13,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Puig #13,764, 2,198 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Puig is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Borrowed from Catalan Puig.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,198 people named Puig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,926.

    #13,764
    rank among US surnames
    2,198
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,273)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,759Baumer2,199140,403
    #13,764Bizzell2,198140,467
    #13,771Badgley2,197140,531

    Who is named Puig

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

    79% of people named Puig identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Puigs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Manuel Puig
      Argentine writer (1932-1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Puig

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

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Puig come from?
    Borrowed from Catalan Puig.
    How common is the surname Puig?
    2,198 people in the United States had the surname Puig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,467 Americans. It ranked 13,764th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Puig?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Puig identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Puig?
    Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (1932-1990).
    Where is the surname Puig most common?
    Wikidata records people named Puig in Argentina.
    Is the surname Puig getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,198 in 2010, up 14%.