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    Surnames beginning with P

    1,396 surnames starting with P, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, with notable names that are rare in the US further down.

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    #SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Perez Hebrew 22 681,645
    2 Phillips patronymic 52 360,802
    3 Parker occupational 56 336,221
    4 Peterson patronymic 71 278,297
    5 Price Welsh, patronymic 91 235,251
    6 Patel Gujarati 95 229,973
    7 Powell Welsh, patronymic 101 224,874
    8 Perry place 103 221,741
    9 Patterson English, patronymic 117 205,423
    10 Porter English, occupational 159 163,054
    11 Palmer French, nickname 172 156,601
    12 Payne 195 142,601
    13 Pierce patronymic 202 138,629
    14 Peters patronymic 205 137,513
    15 Perkins patronymic 223 131,440
    16 Pena Spanish 227 130,776
    17 Park 289 106,696
    18 Padilla Spanish 293 105,365
    19 Pearson patronymic 308 101,836
    20 Powers 336 91,970
    21 Parks 354 88,586
    22 Page occupational 383 82,992
    23 Pham Vietnamese 370 84,320
    24 Paul Latin, patronymic 415 78,256
    25 Pacheco 419 77,642
    26 Potter occupational 457 72,175
    27 Parsons occupational 498 67,310
    28 Person 496 67,411
    29 Patton 506 66,293
    30 Pope nickname 528 63,881
    31 Pratt French, place 541 61,671
    32 Patrick Latin, patronymic 552 60,845
    33 Pineda Spanish 553 60,820
    34 Petersen Danish 571 58,480
    35 Poole 604 56,226
    36 Pittman 619 55,021
    37 Phelps patronymic 657 52,044
    38 Parrish 694 49,733
    39 Pitts 693 49,740
    40 Ponce 695 49,549
    41 Preston English, place 736 47,367
    42 Prince nickname 743 47,168
    43 Pruitt 777 44,365
    44 Palacios Spanish 789 43,798
    45 Pennington 846 40,854
    46 Peck occupational 864 40,055
    47 Pace 868 39,879
    48 Pugh Welsh, patronymic 879 39,559
    49 Potts 902 38,277
    50 Phan Vietnamese 918 37,836
    51 Portillo Spanish 914 37,890
    52 Peralta Spanish 949 36,585
    53 Parra Spanish 943 36,765
    54 Pollard English, nickname 974 35,749
    55 Proctor occupational 977 35,636
    56 Petty 1,005 34,882
    57 Pierre French 1,026 33,913
    58 Pereira Portuguese 1,175 29,898
    59 Pearce patronymic 1,129 31,060
    60 Pickett 1,108 31,611
    61 Pate 1,208 29,327
    62 Pierson patronymic 1,254 27,983
    63 Pryor English, occupational 1,263 27,805
    64 Puckett 1,273 27,627
    65 Paredes 1,287 27,274
    66 Polk 1,296 27,094
    67 Pike English 1,318 26,655
    68 Paz 1,384 25,574
    69 Plummer occupational 1,382 25,596
    70 Padgett 1,397 25,413
    71 Pina 1,403 25,293
    72 Phipps English, patronymic 1,519 23,610
    73 Pritchard Welsh, patronymic 1,523 23,549
    74 Pollock place 1,543 23,310
    75 Post 1,530 23,458
    76 Prado Portuguese 1,533 23,436
    77 Poe Norse, nickname 1,522 23,563
    78 Payton English, place 1,515 23,670
    79 Pagan Latin 1,528 23,474
    80 Purcell 1,599 22,383
    81 Piper occupational 1,607 22,329
    82 Pinto 1,687 21,366
    83 Painter 1,641 21,969
    84 Peacock nickname 1,659 21,712
    85 Pimentel Portuguese 1,671 21,579
    86 Patino Spanish 1,705 21,113
    87 Palma 1,735 20,636
    88 Paige French, occupational 1,789 20,063
    89 Posey 1,773 20,263
    90 Pedersen Danish 1,780 20,135
    91 Penn 1,849 19,409
    92 Polanco Spanish, place 1,820 19,688
    93 Paulson patronymic 1,857 19,331
    94 Prater 1,839 19,484
    95 Prieto Spanish 1,833 19,520
    96 Pritchett 1,856 19,334
    97 Pettit 1,892 19,004
    98 Pulido Spanish 1,894 18,942
    99 Platt place 2,006 18,022
    100 Peoples 1,935 18,672
    101 Pack 1,932 18,678
    102 Presley 1,968 18,384
    103 Putnam 1,971 18,340
    104 Paris French, place 2,033 17,707
    105 Pelletier 2,026 17,808
    106 Prescott place 2,134 16,975
    107 Pendleton place 2,168 16,751
    108 Pickens 2,195 16,577
    109 Purvis English, occupational 2,177 16,686
    110 Perdue 2,211 16,464
    111 Pappas Greek 2,198 16,559
    112 Parr 2,239 16,286
    113 Prather 2,298 15,860
    114 Parham 2,302 15,846
    115 Pyle 2,389 15,180
    116 Power place 2,435 14,890
    117 Purdy Norman 2,396 15,126
    118 Pantoja Spanish 2,383 15,249
    119 Priest English 2,430 14,915
    120 Puente Spanish 2,420 14,966
    121 Parnell patronymic 2,475 14,560
    122 Perales Spanish 2,467 14,593
    123 Parish 2,498 14,466
    124 Pederson 2,520 14,370
    125 Pfeiffer German 2,601 13,851
    126 Pickering place 2,653 13,582
    127 Parrott patronymic 2,620 13,753
    128 Pruett English 2,644 13,618
    129 Pool 2,669 13,505
    130 Pressley 2,713 13,281
    131 Parson 2,727 13,209
    132 Pringle English, place 2,750 13,115
    133 Pease occupational 2,790 12,937
    134 Padron 2,751 13,114
    135 Pedraza 2,829 12,748
    136 Pan Chinese 2,847 12,664
    137 Parris 2,839 12,710
    138 Preciado 2,883 12,455
    139 Pence 2,965 12,101
    140 Porras Spanish, place 2,962 12,106
    141 Paxton English, place 3,049 11,754
    142 Pascual Spanish 2,998 11,959
    143 Persaud 3,000 11,956
    144 Patten 3,059 11,730
    145 Ponder 3,044 11,764
    146 Poindexter 3,129 11,531
    147 Pepper occupational 3,178 11,374
    148 Pulliam French, patronymic 3,099 11,613
    149 Perrin English, patronymic 3,121 11,550
    150 Perea Spanish 3,124 11,546
    151 Paulino 3,142 11,500
    152 Paulsen Danish 3,211 11,243
    153 Pemberton English 3,207 11,272
    154 Parent 3,225 11,193
    155 Pardo Spanish 3,249 11,104
    156 Peek 3,263 11,062
    157 Palumbo Italian 3,285 11,005
    158 Pino 3,288 10,993
    159 Plunkett Norman, place 3,335 10,758
    160 Pedroza 3,297 10,918
    161 Pak 3,308 10,846
    162 Pauley patronymic 3,317 10,809
    163 Parry Welsh, patronymic 3,383 10,555
    164 Pullen 3,381 10,565
    165 Phelan patronymic 3,382 10,562
    166 Peng Chinese 3,374 10,575
    167 Pichardo 3,375 10,572
    168 Penny 3,485 10,249
    169 Peyton 3,477 10,276
    170 Paez Latin, patronymic 3,420 10,433
    171 Poston French, place 3,434 10,396
    172 Paniagua Spanish 3,455 10,340
    173 Pfeifer 3,533 10,109
    174 Partridge 3,589 9,909
    175 Perdomo Spanish 3,548 10,058
    176 Parkinson English, patronymic 3,637 9,767
    177 Packard 3,733 9,494
    178 Paquette 3,699 9,606
    179 Peter Latin, patronymic 3,859 9,191
    180 Poirier French, place 3,747 9,453
    181 Perryman 3,748 9,443
    182 Pitt place 3,873 9,151
    183 Pollack 3,959 8,977
    184 Packer 3,933 9,048
    185 Palomino Spanish 3,800 9,313
    186 Pickard 3,928 9,053
    187 Proffitt 3,847 9,202
    188 Pond 3,930 9,052
    189 Paine 4,171 8,501
    190 Putman 3,924 9,058
    191 Popp German 3,973 8,947
    192 Peebles Scottish, place 4,021 8,843
    193 Peace 4,022 8,841
    194 Partida 4,002 8,878
    195 Petrie patronymic 4,159 8,520
    196 Provost occupational 4,062 8,742
    197 Peterman 4,087 8,690
    198 Parada 4,103 8,649
    199 Peak 4,076 8,713
    200 Plascencia Spanish 4,079 8,710
    201 Pannell 4,089 8,687
    202 Purnell 4,197 8,441
    203 Prasad 4,107 8,638
    204 Piazza 4,232 8,372
    205 Palacio 4,220 8,400
    206 Pinkerton English, place 4,195 8,446
    207 Pinkston 4,292 8,291
    208 Pagano Italian 4,186 8,465
    209 Pelayo 4,218 8,402
    210 Parisi 4,259 8,326
    211 Prewitt 4,234 8,371
    212 Palermo Sicilian, place 4,348 8,165
    213 Partin 4,287 8,296
    214 Poore 4,315 8,240
    215 Prosser Welsh, patronymic 4,312 8,244
    216 Pendergrass 4,378 8,123
    217 Pettigrew Norman, nickname 4,458 7,958
    218 Picard French 4,491 7,898
    219 Pulley 4,435 8,007
    220 Prentice occupational 4,505 7,874
    221 Pearl 4,687 7,570
    222 Pitman 4,549 7,789
    223 Poland place 4,581 7,746
    224 Pellegrino Italian 4,781 7,398
    225 Pang Chinese 4,645 7,642
    226 Poling 4,558 7,779
    227 Pointer 4,752 7,453
    228 Plante French 4,583 7,744
    229 Pomeroy 4,792 7,377
    230 Pyles 4,622 7,677
    231 Pastor occupational 4,642 7,647
    232 Peeples 4,732 7,499
    233 Pettis 4,807 7,354
    234 Pizarro Spanish 4,755 7,446
    235 Pogue 4,734 7,493
    236 Puentes 4,711 7,528
    237 Piatt 4,746 7,463
    238 Pinson 4,800 7,362
    239 Parikh Gujarati 4,724 7,506
    240 Paterson English, patronymic 4,990 7,035
    241 Palomo 4,741 7,478
    242 Pleasant 4,791 7,378
    243 Posada 4,751 7,454
    244 Pippin 4,818 7,326
    245 Place 4,862 7,251
    246 Peltier French 4,927 7,140
    247 Philips patronymic 5,118 6,840
    248 Pride Welsh, nickname 4,908 7,172
    249 Phung Vietnamese 4,915 7,155
    250 Phillip patronymic 5,108 6,857
    251 Pinckney 5,147 6,800
    252 Palm 4,986 7,041
    253 Palomares 4,964 7,084
    254 Puga 4,977 7,056
    255 Penaloza Spanish 5,003 7,026
    256 Pinon 5,055 6,938
    257 Prior English, occupational 5,154 6,787
    258 Poulin French 5,081 6,892
    259 Penrod 5,095 6,867
    260 Pieper 5,103 6,860
    261 Pedro 5,246 6,649
    262 Pine 5,284 6,592
    263 Pounds 5,121 6,838
    264 Peel 5,247 6,647
    265 Plank 5,331 6,534
    266 Porterfield place 5,160 6,780
    267 Pohl 5,369 6,485
    268 Prichard Welsh, patronymic 5,438 6,400
    269 Pitre 5,257 6,637
    270 Pabon Spanish 5,262 6,630
    271 Pape 5,477 6,350
    272 Pinkney 5,456 6,378
    273 Pablo 5,384 6,462
    274 Palmieri Italian 5,522 6,296
    275 Pfaff German 5,498 6,331
    276 Perrone Italian 5,463 6,368
    277 Passmore 5,510 6,314
    278 Payan 5,403 6,443
    279 Pender 5,485 6,340
    280 Pilgrim 5,535 6,275
    281 Pires Portuguese 5,986 5,746
    282 Pennell 5,633 6,170
    283 Parsley French, nickname 5,508 6,315
    284 Pitcher 5,539 6,272
    285 Probst German 5,540 6,271
    286 Pinedo Spanish 5,719 6,065
    287 Petit 5,692 6,090
    288 Plaza Spanish 5,709 6,075
    289 Paradis 5,675 6,113
    290 Papa 5,768 6,005
    291 Parton English, place 5,739 6,039
    292 Paschal Hebrew 5,709 6,075
    293 Pardue 5,821 5,940
    294 Peraza 5,811 5,949
    295 Pelton English, place 5,980 5,753
    296 Peeler 5,901 5,848
    297 Philip Greek, patronymic 5,910 5,832
    298 Pelaez Spanish 5,929 5,810
    299 Plant 5,890 5,858
    300 Parkhurst 6,024 5,708
    301 Prendergast 5,936 5,800
    302 Petro Greek 5,957 5,777
    303 Peabody English, nickname 6,367 5,345
    304 Palafox Spanish, place 5,945 5,793
    305 Penney 5,982 5,752
    306 Phifer 6,051 5,671
    307 Pierre-Louis French 6,070 5,653
    308 Priddy 6,133 5,586
    309 Pfister German, occupational 6,283 5,441
    310 Pridgen French 6,127 5,591
    311 Petry 6,178 5,538
    312 Pipkin 6,119 5,604
    313 Paulk 6,206 5,511
    314 Philpot English, patronymic 6,160 5,558
    315 Perrine 6,175 5,541
    316 Peres Portuguese 6,420 5,294
    317 Penner 6,363 5,349
    318 Pilcher occupational 6,329 5,391
    319 Plata 6,290 5,432
    320 Paddock 6,441 5,272
    321 Pepe 6,313 5,405
    322 Piotrowski Polish 6,384 5,332
    323 Pawlowski Polish 6,384 5,332
    324 Pattison English, patronymic 6,505 5,217
    325 Pirtle 6,400 5,315
    326 Peake 6,594 5,137
    327 Peppers 6,551 5,171
    328 Paulus 6,551 5,171
    329 Pettus 6,520 5,204
    330 Pugliese Italian 6,609 5,126
    331 Proulx French 6,645 5,096
    332 Persinger 6,604 5,131
    333 Pizano 6,628 5,110
    334 Piedra 6,644 5,098
    335 Pagel 6,697 5,043
    336 Peckham English, place 6,882 4,885
    337 Poff 6,725 5,021
    338 Peavy 6,726 5,016
    339 Parmer 6,716 5,029
    340 Perron 6,721 5,023
    341 Parke 7,031 4,759
    342 Pearsall 6,877 4,888
    343 Pastrana Spanish 6,943 4,830
    344 Peach French 6,968 4,815
    345 Pettway 6,976 4,807
    346 Pedigo 6,980 4,804
    347 Peden Scottish Gaelic 7,099 4,716
    348 Polley 7,042 4,756
    349 Propst 7,057 4,743
    350 Pepin French 7,075 4,731
    351 Poulos 7,093 4,722
    352 Percy French 7,837 4,226
    353 Pell 7,520 4,424
    354 Peery 7,224 4,620
    355 Pete 7,228 4,619
    356 Pisano 7,331 4,551
    357 Pelkey 7,279 4,579
    358 Pankey 7,216 4,626
    359 Poon Chinese 7,308 4,564
    360 Perri 7,413 4,491
    361 Pass Polish 7,272 4,583
    362 Pfeffer German 7,554 4,400
    363 Plumb 7,601 4,372
    364 Peguero 7,473 4,457
    365 Peele 7,600 4,373
    366 Perreault French 7,528 4,420
    367 Poteet 7,625 4,353
    368 Pilkington English, place 7,660 4,336
    369 Prevost French 7,831 4,228
    370 Pigg 7,633 4,349
    371 Paiz 7,638 4,347
    372 Paschall 7,725 4,296
    373 Puryear 7,655 4,339
    374 Pascua 7,684 4,321
    375 Pinder 7,968 4,151
    376 Powe 7,821 4,233
    377 Poynter occupational 7,830 4,229
    378 Palladino Italian 8,042 4,115
    379 Plourde French 7,866 4,208
    380 Pasillas 7,876 4,201
    381 Perera Spanish 7,801 4,242
    382 Pegram 7,907 4,185
    383 Paden 7,842 4,223
    384 Pompa 7,851 4,217
    385 Pastore Italian 8,049 4,112
    386 Papp 7,953 4,162
    387 Pendley place 7,874 4,203
    388 Plumley English, place 7,880 4,200
    389 Prouty 8,209 4,042
    390 Petrillo 7,920 4,179
    391 Pereyra 8,496 3,877
    392 Paradise 7,933 4,170
    393 Pellegrini 8,263 4,011
    394 Polite 8,067 4,108
    395 Philpott English, patronymic 7,981 4,142
    396 Penland 7,981 4,142
    397 Press 8,308 3,989
    398 Pelfrey 7,997 4,136
    399 Polito Italian 8,228 4,032
    400 Pawlak Polish 8,019 4,127