# Prentiss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/prentiss/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,347 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,081 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 131,549 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (2,271 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Prentiss in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Prentiss in the United States.

## People named Prentiss

- Paula Prentiss, American actress
- Ann Prentiss, American actress (1939-2010)
- Benjamin Prentiss, American lawyer and military officer (1819–1901)
- Elizabeth Prentiss, American musician, hymnwriter

## Similar surnames

Prentice, Parent, Parenti, Prendergast, Parente, Prunty, Prindle, Pruneda, Parenteau, Printz.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.