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The PACK surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 18,538 1772 0.007 69
United States (1880 census) 2,409 2528 0.005 48
Change since 1880 +16129 +756 +0.002 +21
Other Countries
Australia 191 7881 0.001 12
United Kingdom 1,400 3980 0.003 30
Top States for PACK by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Ohio 1,799 757 0.016 158
Tennessee 1,442 657 0.025 253
Texas 1,375 1879 0.007 66
California 1,093 3047 0.003 32
West Virginia 1,049 235 0.058 580
Top States for PACK by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 1,049 235 0.058 580
Tennessee 1,442 657 0.025 253
South Carolina 984 703 0.025 245
Utah 533 547 0.024 239
Kentucky 852 748 0.021 211

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PACK live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PACK represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PACK in Ohio than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PACK by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PACK

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PACK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PACK surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PACK in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 321 1.73
Mixed Race 284 1.53
White (Hispanic) 247 1.33
Native American/Alaskan 161 0.87
White (Caucasian) 15,639 84.36
Black/African American 1,887 10.18

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PACK surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PACK in historical publications

PACK. PACKE. Possibly from the Fr. Paque, Easter, See Times and Seasons. But more likely from an ancient personal name Pack or Peck, from which seem to be derived the local Packington, Peckham, Paston, Packwood, &c. Ferguson concurs in this view, and even goes so far as to derive the personal name from the A- Sax. pesca, a deceiver.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to PACK

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PACK.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for PACK

The following words are slight variants of PACK that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.