How common is the surname Pratt?

61,671 people in the United States had the surname Pratt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,006 Americans. It ranked 541st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pratt?

Chris Pratt, American actor (born 1979), followed by Kyla Pratt.

Where is the surname Pratt most common?

Wikidata records people named Pratt in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Pratt?

Pratt is /pɹæt/, one syllable.

Is the surname Pratt getting more or less common?

More common. 59,801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,671 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Pratt

A French place surname, carried by 61,671 people in the United States.

Pronounced /pɹæt/ 1 syllable Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pratt is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

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”).

Pratt is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 61,671 people named Pratt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,006 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 59,801.

#541

rank among US surnames

61,671

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #500)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#532	McCormick	63,649	4,851
#533	Sparks	63,440	4,867
#534	Flynn	63,400	4,870
#535	Yates	63,254	4,881
#536	Hogan	63,085	4,894
#537	Marsh	62,304	4,955
#538	Macias	62,227	4,962

Who is named Pratt

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

78% of people named Pratt identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pratts

34 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Pratt
American actor (born 1979)
Kyla Pratt
American actress and singer, born 1986
Guy Pratt
British bassist, born 1962
Keri Lynn Pratt
American actress, born 1978
Nicole Pratt
Australian female tennis player, born 1973
Cynthia A. Pratt
Bahamian politician, born 1945
Spencer Pratt
American television personality (born 1983)
Daria Pratt
Amateur golfer (1859–1938)
Susan May Pratt
American actress, born 1974
Deborah Pratt
American actress, writer and television producer, born 1951
Sharon Pratt
American politician and mayor of the District of Columbia, born 1944
Anne Pratt
British artist, author and botanist (1806-1893)

Notable Pratts come mostly from the United States (23), the United Kingdom (5) and Australia (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pratt

Pratt has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pratt come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Pratt?: 61,671 people in the United States had the surname Pratt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,006 Americans. It ranked 541st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pratt?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Pratt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pratt?: Chris Pratt, American actor (born 1979), followed by Kyla Pratt.
Where is the surname Pratt most common?: Wikidata records people named Pratt in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Pratt?: Pratt is /pɹæt/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Pratt?: Pratt is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pratt getting more or less common?: More common. 59,801 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 61,671 in 2010, up 3.1%.