How rare is the last name Pearl?

7,222 people in the United States have the last name Pearl, about 1 in 41,387. It ranks #4,750 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

PEARL

#4,750

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,222
About
1 in 41,387
This common or more
57.9%
Who bears it

Of the 7,222 people with the last name Pearl, 80.9% reported their origin as White, 9.1% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Pearl

1 other last name also has 7,222 people.

#4,750 Ballinger · 7,222

Either side of Pearl

#4,749 Zimmermann · 7,223#4,750 Ballinger · 7,222#4,752 Valente · 7,213#4,753 Andino · 7,212

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Pearl, most common first.

#13,606 Perl · 2,132#138,300 Pearle · 125

Also a first name

As a first name, Pearl ranks #1,242 of 53,615, with 30,561 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1918, with 4,622 births. See Pearl as a first name

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