How common is the surname Prentice?

7,874 people in the United States had the surname Prentice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,211 Americans. It ranked 4,505th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Prentice?

Keith Prentice, American actor (1940-1992), followed by Jim Prentice.

Where is the surname Prentice most common?

Wikidata records people named Prentice in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Prentice getting more or less common?

More common. 7,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,874 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Prentice

An occupational surname, carried by 7,874 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prentice is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

From prentice.

Prentice is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,874 people named Prentice in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,211 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,799.

#4,505

rank among US surnames

7,874

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #4,212)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,496	Meister	7,885	39,156
#4,498	Garman	7,884	39,161
#4,500	Sanches	7,883	39,166
#4,501	Gunther	7,882	39,171
#4,502	Ethridge	7,878	39,191
#4,503	Arriola	7,877	39,196
#4,504	Heilman	7,876	39,201

Who is named Prentice

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

84% of people named Prentice identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prentices

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Keith Prentice
American actor (1940-1992)
Jim Prentice
16th Premier of Alberta (1956-2016)

Notable Prentices come mostly from the United States (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Prentice

Prentice has the Soundex code P653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P653.

Questions

Where does the surname Prentice come from?: From prentice.
How common is the surname Prentice?: 7,874 people in the United States had the surname Prentice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,211 Americans. It ranked 4,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prentice?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Prentice identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Prentice?: Keith Prentice, American actor (1940-1992), followed by Jim Prentice.
Where is the surname Prentice most common?: Wikidata records people named Prentice in the United States and Canada.
What type of surname is Prentice?: Prentice is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Prentice getting more or less common?: More common. 7,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,874 in 2010, up 1.0%.