Explore the Family Name Pec

The meaning of Pec

1. Polish, Czech, and Slovenian: from a Slavicized form of the German personal name Petz. 2. Czech: habitational name from a place called Pec. 3. Amerindian (Guatemala): Mayan name, from a Castilianized form of a vocabulary word meaning e.g. ‘stone’.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Pec has seen a significant rise between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pec was ranked 138,741 in terms of popularity, with an occurrence of 111 per 100k people. By 2010, its rank had improved to 93,125, with 197 instances per 100k people. This represents a popularity increase of approximately 32.88% in its ranking and a staggering 77.48% increase in its count within a decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#138,741	#93,125	32.88%
Count	111	197	77.48%
Proportion per 100k	0.04	0.07	75%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pec

Based on the ethnic identity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the distribution of the surname Pec among different ethnicities has also observed changes over the same period. In 2000, the majority of bearers were White (69.37%), followed by Hispanic (22.52%), while those identifying as two or more races made up 5.41%. Interestingly, no individuals with the Pec surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during this time. By 2010, the percentage of Whites with this surname had decreased to 47.72%, whereas its prevalence among Hispanics had more than doubled to reach 50.76%. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races had dropped to zero.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	22.52%	50.76%	125.4%
White	69.37%	47.72%	-31.21%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	5.41%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%