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    The surname Prak

    A Khmer surname, carried by 1,179 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Prak: #22,000 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prak #22,000, 1,179 people Prak: #22,000 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prak #22,000, 1,179 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prak is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    Khmer origin

    Derived from Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak).

    One of 19 Khmer surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,179 people named Prak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

    #22,000
    rank among US surnames
    1,179
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #24,243)

    Who is named Prak

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

    88% of people named Prak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 7.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Prak

    Prak has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Other Khmer surnames

    All 19 Khmer surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Prak come from?
    Derived from Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak).
    How common is the surname Prak?
    1,179 people in the United States had the surname Prak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,871 Americans. It ranked 22,000th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prak?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Prak identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 7.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Prak getting more or less common?
    More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,179 in 2010, up 22%.