How common is the surname Prager?

2,220 people in the United States had the surname Prager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,075 Americans. It ranked 13,642nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prager?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Prager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Prager?

Dennis Prager, American writer, speaker, radio and TV commentator, followed by Thomas Prager.

Where is the surname Prager most common?

Wikidata records people named Prager in the United States and Austria.

How do you pronounce Prager?

Prager is /ˈpreɪɡər/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Prager getting more or less common?

More common. 2,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,220 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Prager

A German surname, carried by 2,220 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpreɪɡər/ 2 syllables Soundex P626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prager is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Prager.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,220 people named Prager in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,075 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,140.

#13,642

rank among US surnames

2,220

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,104)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,640	Caples	2,221	139,012
#13,642	Paw	2,220	139,075
#13,646	Eid	2,219	139,137

Who is named Prager

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Prager identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pragers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dennis Prager
American writer, speaker, radio and TV commentator, born 1948
Thomas Prager
Austrian footballer, born 1985
William Prager
American applied mathematician (1903-1980)

Notable Pragers come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Prager

Parker

Prager has the Soundex code P626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P626.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prager come from?: Borrowed from German Prager.
How common is the surname Prager?: 2,220 people in the United States had the surname Prager in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,075 Americans. It ranked 13,642nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prager?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Prager identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prager?: Dennis Prager, American writer, speaker, radio and TV commentator, followed by Thomas Prager.
Where is the surname Prager most common?: Wikidata records people named Prager in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Prager?: Prager is /ˈpreɪɡər/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Prager getting more or less common?: More common. 2,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,220 in 2010, up 3.7%.