How common is the surname Pyron?

1,672 people in the United States had the surname Pyron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,656 Americans. It ranked 16,993rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pyron getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,672 in 2010, down 2.1%.

The surname Pyron

A surname, carried by 1,672 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pyron is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,672 people named Pyron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,656 Americans. That is down 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,708.

#16,993

rank among US surnames

1,672

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,704)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,984	Arita	1,673	184,546
#16,993	Rodger	1,672	184,656

Who is named Pyron

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

83% of people named Pyron identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pyron

Pyron has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

Questions

How common is the surname Pyron?: 1,672 people in the United States had the surname Pyron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,656 Americans. It ranked 16,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pyron?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Pyron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Pyron getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,672 in 2010, down 2.1%.