How Many People Have the Last Name Prescott?
people had the surname Prescott in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 17,391 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+289 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Prescott (78.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 14.4%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Prescott ranks #1,586. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 81.1% to 78.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Prescott grew from 16,686 people in 2000 to 16,975 in 2010 (up 1.7%), and its rank fell from #1,995 to #2,134. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 6.19 to 5.75 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 16,686 | 16,975 |
| Rank | #1,995 | #2,134 |
| Per 100,000 people | 6.19 | 5.75 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Prescott
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Prescott: P623
👤 Prescott as a First Name
Prescott is a first name too: about 1,530 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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