# Pratt (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pratt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname known in England, Ireland, and Scotland.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 61,671 |
| US rank (2010) | 541 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,006 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (59,801 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɹæt/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably from French pré (“meadow”), meaning a meadow dweller; from Old French prat, from Latin pratum. Another proposed source is Old English prætt (“trick, cunning, astute”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pratt in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pratt in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, The Bahamas, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Poland.

## People named Pratt

- Chris Pratt, American actor (born 1979)
- Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer
- Guy Pratt, British bassist
- Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
- Nicole Pratt, Australian female tennis player
- Cynthia A. Pratt, Bahamian politician
- Spencer Pratt, American television personality (born 1983)
- Daria Pratt, Amateur golfer (1859–1938)
- Susan May Pratt, American actress
- Deborah Pratt, American actress, writer and television producer
- Sharon Pratt, American politician and mayor of the District of Columbia
- Anne Pratt, British artist, author and botanist (1806-1893)

and 22 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Pruitt, Parrott, Pruett, Parrett, Pritt, Prato, Pretti, Prewitt, Prewett, Porath, Prado, Prieto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.