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The surname Pumphrey

A surname, carried by 3,749 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P516

Pumphrey: #8,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pumphrey #8,749, 3,749 people Pumphrey: #8,749 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pumphrey #8,749, 3,749 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pumphrey is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,749 people named Pumphrey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,354 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,591.

#8,749
rank among US surnames
3,749
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.4%
change since 2000 (was #8,449)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,743Seabolt3,75282,288
#8,746Shackleford3,75182,310
#8,747Stansberry3,75082,332
#8,749Boutin3,74982,354
#8,753Westerfield3,74882,376
#8,756Karcher3,74682,420

Who is named Pumphrey

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

79% of people named Pumphrey identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 79%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Pumphrey?
3,749 people in the United States had the surname Pumphrey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,354 Americans. It ranked 8,749th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pumphrey?
In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Pumphrey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pumphrey getting more or less common?
More common. 3,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,749 in 2010, up 4.4%.