The surname Prasad
A surname, carried by 8,638 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P623
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,638 people named Prasad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,743 Americans. That is up 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,212.
Who is named Prasad
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Prasad identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 13% as two or more races and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
- Two or more races 13%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Prasad
Prasad has the Soundex code P623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P623.
Questions
- How common is the surname Prasad?
- 8,638 people in the United States had the surname Prasad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,743 Americans. It ranked 4,107th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Prasad?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Prasad identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 13% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Prasad getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,638 in 2010, up 39%.