How common is the surname Prejean?

3,294 people in the United States had the surname Prejean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,730 Americans. It ranked 9,830th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Prejean?

Helen Prejean, advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, followed by Carrie Prejean.

Where is the surname Prejean most common?

Wikidata records people named Prejean in the United States.

Is the surname Prejean getting more or less common?

More common. 3,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,294 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Prejean

A surname, carried by 3,294 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prejean is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,294 people named Prejean in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,730 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,203.

#9,830

rank among US surnames

3,294

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,337)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,821	Moline	3,296	93,673
#9,827	Polston	3,295	93,701
#9,830	Eisner	3,294	93,730
#9,833	Starrett	3,293	93,758
#9,834	Mauer	3,292	93,787
#9,836	Depasquale	3,290	93,844
#9,839	Riccardi	3,289	93,872

Who is named Prejean

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

69% of people named Prejean identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prejeans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Helen Prejean
Advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, born 1939
Carrie Prejean
American conservative activist and former model, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prejean

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Prejean has the Soundex code P625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P625.

Questions

How common is the surname Prejean?: 3,294 people in the United States had the surname Prejean in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,730 Americans. It ranked 9,830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prejean?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Prejean identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Prejean?: Helen Prejean, advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, followed by Carrie Prejean.
Where is the surname Prejean most common?: Wikidata records people named Prejean in the United States.
Is the surname Prejean getting more or less common?: More common. 3,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,294 in 2010, up 2.8%.