The surname Puma
A surname, carried by 2,386 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P500
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,386 people named Puma in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,399 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,092.
#12,889
rank among US surnames
2,386
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+14.1%
change since 2000 (was #13,359)
Who is named Puma
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Puma identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
- Two or more races 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Puma
Puma has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.
Questions
- How common is the surname Puma?
- 2,386 people in the United States had the surname Puma in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,399 Americans. It ranked 12,889th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Puma?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Puma identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Puma getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,386 in 2010, up 14%.