Explore the Family Name Pujols

The meaning of Pujols

1. Catalan: habitational name from a place called Els Pujols in Barcelona. 2. French (southern): habitational name from a place so named in Gironde. Compare Pujol.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Pujols has seen a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In terms of ranking, the surname moved up from 30,645th place in 2000 to 22,346th place in 2010, marking an improvement of approximately 27.08 percent. The count of people with this surname also increased by over 60 percent, growing from 718 individuals in 2000 to 1,153 in 2010. As a proportion per 100,000 people, this surname's occurrence grew by nearly 45 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,645	#22,346	27.08%
Count	718	1,153	60.58%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.39	44.44%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pujols

The Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the ethnic identity associated with the surname Pujols is predominantly Hispanic. In 2000, about 93.18 percent of individuals with this surname identified as Hispanic, and this number increased slightly to 94.88 percent in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as white dropped by around 25.57 percentage points, from 5.71 percent in 2000 to 4.25 percent in 2010. There were no recorded individuals with the Pujols surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native during these years. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of individuals who identified as Black in 2010, accounting for 0.78 percent of the total.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	93.18%	94.88%	1.82%
White	5.71%	4.25%	-25.57%
Black	0%	0.78%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%