How Many People Have the Last Name Prentiss?
people had the surname Prentiss in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 125,000 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 2 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+76 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Prentiss (78.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 14.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Prentiss ranks #10,393. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 81.4% to 78.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Prentiss grew from 2,271 people in 2000 to 2,347 in 2010 (up 3.3%), and its rank fell from #12,511 to #13,081. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 0.84 to 0.8 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,271 | 2,347 |
| Rank | #12,511 | #13,081 |
| Per 100,000 people | 0.84 | 0.8 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Prentiss
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Prentiss: P653
👤 Prentiss as a First Name
Prentiss is a first name too: about 1,667 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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