# Prescott (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from any of several places in England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,975 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,134 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,188 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (16,686 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Prescott 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) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Prescott in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Prescott

- Edward C. Prescott, American economist (1940-2022)
- William Hickling Prescott, American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)
- Kathryn Prescott, British actress
- Dak Prescott, American football player (born 1993)
- Jeryl Prescott, American actress
- Robert Prescott, American actor
- Albert Benjamin Prescott, American chemist (1832–1905)
- Samuel Prescott, American surgeon

## Similar surnames

Preston, Priest, Preciado, Prickett, Procter, Prestridge, Presswood, Presti, Prestwood, Proctor, Persaud, Prasad.

## 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.