The surname Preble
A surname, carried by 2,117 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex P614
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,117 people named Preble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,002.
#14,184
rank among US surnames
2,117
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+5.7%
change since 2000 (was #13,848)
Who is named Preble
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Preble identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Preble has the Soundex code P614, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P614.
Questions
- How common is the surname Preble?
- 2,117 people in the United States had the surname Preble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. It ranked 14,184th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Preble?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Preble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Preble getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,117 in 2010, up 5.7%.