Explore the Family Name Pannebaker

The meaning of Pannebaker

Americanized form of German Pannebäcker, Pannebacker or Pfannebecker, occupational names for a maker of roof tiles or a tiler (see Pennypacker), and possibly also of their Dutch cognate Pannebakker.

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How common is the last name Pannebaker in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Pannebaker has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 83004th most common surname in the United States, with 211 individuals bearing this name. However, by 2010, the rank of this surname had fallen to 93125, an approximate 12.19% drop. The number of people carrying the Pannebaker surname also declined by 6.64%, from 211 in 2000 to 197 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion per 100k population decreased by 12.5% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#83,004	#93,125	-12.19%
Count	211	197	-6.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.07	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pannebaker

Turning to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Pannebaker surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. Though there was a minor decline of about 2.25% over the decade, around 95.43% of Pannebakers were still identifying as White by 2010. It is noteworthy that the census recorded a small emergence of Hispanic identification within the Pannebaker population in 2010, which was not present in 2000. Meanwhile, the percentages of Pannebakers identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or Two or more races remained at zero in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.63%	95.43%	-2.25%
Hispanic	0%	2.54%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%