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    The surname Prather

    A surname, carried by 15,860 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P636

    Prather: #2,298 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Prather #2,298, 15,860 people Prather: #2,298 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prather #2,298, 15,860 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prather is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,860 people named Prather in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,467 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,631.

    #2,298
    rank among US surnames
    15,860
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,129)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,289Espinal15,92419,389
    #2,290Ibrahim15,91519,400
    #2,291Dietrich15,90419,413
    #2,292Bruner15,89819,420
    #2,293Valdivia15,89519,424
    #2,294Jernigan15,88919,431
    #2,295Schwarz15,88419,438

    Who is named Prather

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

    75% of people named Prather identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Prathers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Richard S. Prather
      American writer (1921–2007)
    • Casey Prather
      American basketball player (born 1991)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prather

    Prather has the Soundex code P636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Prather?
    15,860 people in the United States had the surname Prather in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,467 Americans. It ranked 2,298th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prather?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Prather identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Prather?
    Richard S. Prather, American writer (1921–2007), followed by Casey Prather.
    Where is the surname Prather most common?
    Wikidata records people named Prather in the United States.
    Is the surname Prather getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,860 in 2010, up 1.5%.