How common is the surname Presnell?

4,058 people in the United States had the surname Presnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,083 Americans. It ranked 8,168th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Presnell getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,058 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Presnell

A surname, carried by 4,058 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). Presnell is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,058 people named Presnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,083 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,071.

#8,168

rank among US surnames

4,058

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,162	Armitage	4,063	75,990
#8,163	Hoey	4,062	76,008
#8,164	Klink	4,059	76,064
#8,168	Nunnally	4,058	76,083
#8,172	Wald	4,057	76,102
#8,173	Crafton	4,056	76,121

Who is named Presnell

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

95% of people named Presnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Presnell

Presnell 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 Presnell?: 4,058 people in the United States had the surname Presnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,083 Americans. It ranked 8,168th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Presnell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Presnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Is the surname Presnell getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,058 in 2010, down 0.3%.