How common is the surname Prescott?

16,975 people in the United States had the surname Prescott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,188 Americans. It ranked 2,134th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Prescott?

Edward C. Prescott, American economist (1940-2022), followed by William Hickling Prescott.

Where is the surname Prescott most common?

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

Is the surname Prescott getting more or less common?

More common. 16,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,975 in 2010, up 1.7%.

Is Prescott also a first name?

Yes. Prescott is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Prescott

A place surname, carried by 16,975 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prescott is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

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

Prescott is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,975 people named Prescott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,188 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,686.

#2,134

rank among US surnames

16,975

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,995)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,125	Flood	17,053	18,105
#2,127	Read	17,048	18,110
#2,128	Hobson	17,043	18,116
#2,129	Bustos	17,040	18,119
#2,130	Benedict	17,036	18,123
#2,131	Vandyke	17,030	18,130
#2,132	Troyer	16,981	18,182

Who is named Prescott

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

78% of people named Prescott identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prescotts

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edward C. Prescott
American economist (1940-2022)
William Hickling Prescott
American historian and Hispanist (1796–1859)
Kathryn Prescott
British actress, born 1991
Dak Prescott
American football player (born 1993)
Jeryl Prescott
American actress, born 1964
Robert Prescott
American actor, born 1957
Albert Benjamin Prescott
American chemist (1832–1905)
Samuel Prescott
American surgeon, 1751–1777

Notable Prescotts come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prescott

Prescott has the Soundex code P623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P623.

Questions

How common is the surname Prescott?: 16,975 people in the United States had the surname Prescott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,188 Americans. It ranked 2,134th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prescott?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Prescott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Prescott?: Edward C. Prescott, American economist (1940-2022), followed by William Hickling Prescott.
Where is the surname Prescott most common?: Wikidata records people named Prescott in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Prescott?: Prescott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Prescott getting more or less common?: More common. 16,686 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,975 in 2010, up 1.7%.
Is Prescott also a first name?: Yes. Prescott is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.