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The surname Preece

A surname, carried by 3,536 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P620

Preece: #9,217 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Preece #9,217, 3,536 people Preece: #9,217 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Preece #9,217, 3,536 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Preece is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,536 people named Preece in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,315 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,227.

#9,217
rank among US surnames
3,536
people in 2010
1.2
per 100,000 Americans
+9.6%
change since 2000 (was #9,287)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#9,210Bankhead3,54087,216
#9,211Lamontagne3,53987,241
#9,212Yaeger3,53787,290
#9,217Eide3,53687,315
#9,221Kerber3,53587,340

Who is named Preece

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

96% of people named Preece identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Preece?
3,536 people in the United States had the surname Preece in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,315 Americans. It ranked 9,217th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Preece?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Preece identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Preece getting more or less common?
More common. 3,227 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,536 in 2010, up 9.6%.