How common is the surname Pye?

3,743 people in the United States had the surname Pye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,486 Americans. It ranked 8,763rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pye?

In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Pye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).

Is the surname Pye getting more or less common?

More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,743 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Pye

A surname, carried by 3,743 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pye 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 3,743 people named Pye in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,486 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,732.

#8,763

rank among US surnames

3,743

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,171)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,756	Karcher	3,746	82,420
#8,758	Avitia	3,745	82,442
#8,761	Files	3,744	82,464
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530
#8,768	Wolfson	3,740	82,552
#8,770	Hine	3,738	82,596

Who is named Pye

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

65% of people named Pye identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Pye?: 3,743 people in the United States had the surname Pye in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,486 Americans. It ranked 8,763rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pye?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Pye identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pye getting more or less common?: More common. 3,732 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,743 in 2010, up 0.3%.