How common is the surname Preiss?

1,465 people in the United States had the surname Preiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Preiss?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Preiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Preiss getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Preiss

A surname, carried by 1,465 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Preiss is more common than 88.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,465 people named Preiss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,493.

#18,734

rank among US surnames

1,465

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,419)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,729	Woodmansee	1,466	210,604
#18,734	Danks	1,465	210,748

Who is named Preiss

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

95% of people named Preiss identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Preiss

Preiss has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Questions

How common is the surname Preiss?: 1,465 people in the United States had the surname Preiss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Preiss?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Preiss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Preiss getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, down 1.9%.