The surname Punch
A surname, carried by 1,371 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P520
Origin
Variant of Points.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,371 people named Punch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,356.
#19,654
rank among US surnames
1,371
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+1.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,712)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,646 | Garrigan | 1,372 | 225,033 |
| #19,654 | Punch | 1,371 | 225,197 |
Who is named Punch
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
65% of people named Punch identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 65%
- Black (not Hispanic) 32%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Punch has the Soundex code P520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P520.
Questions
- Where does the surname Punch come from?
- Variant of Points.
- How common is the surname Punch?
- 1,371 people in the United States had the surname Punch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,197 Americans. It ranked 19,654th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Punch?
- In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Punch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Punch getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,371 in 2010, up 1.1%.