Phoenix

At the 2020 census, 3,442 Americans bore the surname Phoenix — 9,121st out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 86,800.

By the numbers

People: 3,442
Rank: 9,121st
How common: 1 in 86,800
Per 100,000: 1.2

Where the name comes from

From Latin phoenīx, Phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνῐξ, Φοῖνῐξ.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Phoenix described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 52.5%
Black, not Hispanic 32.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino 4.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 2.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%

Notable people called Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974)American actor
River Phoenix (1970–1993)American actor and musician
Beth Phoenix (born 1980)American professional wrestler
Tanit Phoenix (born 1980)South African actress and model
Summer Phoenix (born 1978)American actress
Lauren Phoenix (born 1979)Canadian pornographic actress
Rain Phoenix (born 1972)American actress and musician

People named Phoenix with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Also a first name

Phoenix has been given to 40,635 American babies as a first name since 1968, peaking in 2020. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.