Find out how popular the last name Pinhas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Pinhas.

Pinhas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Pinhas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Pinhas in America

Pinhas is the 136449th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Pinhas surname appeared 123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Pinhas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Pinhas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Pinhas

The surname Pinhas has its origins in the Hebrew language and can be traced back to ancient Judea in the Middle East. It is a variant of the biblical name Pinchas, which means "mouth of brass" or "he who stammers/speaks with a loud voice."

The earliest known records of the surname Pinhas date back to the 11th century, appearing in medieval Jewish documents and manuscripts from the Iberian Peninsula. During this period, many Jews were living in the Moorish-ruled regions of present-day Spain and Portugal.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Pinhas was Rabbi Moshe ben Pinhas, a prominent Torah scholar who lived in Cordoba, Spain in the late 11th century. He was renowned for his expertise in Jewish law and authored several influential works on the subject.

As the Jewish diaspora spread throughout Europe in the following centuries, the Pinhas surname became more widespread. In the 13th century, there are records of a family named Pinhas living in the city of Troyes, in what is now northeastern France.

Another notable bearer of the Pinhas name was Shemuel Pinhas, a 15th-century Jewish philosopher and physician who lived in the Kingdom of Aragon, in present-day Spain. He was known for his works on ethics and medicine, and served as a personal physician to several members of the Aragonese royal family.

In the 16th century, the Pinhas surname appeared in Italian records, particularly in the cities of Venice and Livorno, which had sizable Jewish communities at the time. One individual of note was Yitzchak Pinhas, a rabbi and kabbalist who lived in Venice in the mid-1500s.

As the Jewish diaspora continued, the Pinhas surname spread to other parts of Europe and beyond. In the 17th century, there are records of individuals with this surname in the Netherlands, Germany, and even as far as the Ottoman Empire.

One of the most famous bearers of the Pinhas name was Eliahu Pinhas, a 19th-century rabbi and scholar from the city of Łódź, in present-day Poland. He was widely respected for his expertise in Jewish law and authored several influential works on the subject.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Pinhas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Pinhas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Pinhas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Pinhas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Pinhas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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