How Many People Have the Last Name Priest?
people had the surname Priest in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 19,763 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
+565 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Priest (88.1%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 6.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Priest ranks #1,809. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Priest grew from 14,350 people in 2000 to 14,915 in 2010 (up 3.9%), and its rank fell from #2,309 to #2,430. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 5.32 to 5.06 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 14,350 | 14,915 |
| Rank | #2,309 | #2,430 |
| Per 100,000 people | 5.32 | 5.06 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Priest
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Priest: P623
👤 Priest as a First Name
Priest is a first name too: about 547 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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