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    The surname Presswood

    A surname, carried by 1,237 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P623

    Presswood: #21,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Presswood #21,218, 1,237 people Presswood: #21,218 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Presswood #21,218, 1,237 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Presswood is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,237 people named Presswood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,157.

    #21,218
    rank among US surnames
    1,237
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,142)

    Who is named Presswood

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

    63% of people named Presswood identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Presswood

    Presswood 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 Presswood?
    1,237 people in the United States had the surname Presswood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,592 Americans. It ranked 21,218th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Presswood?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Presswood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Presswood getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,157 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,237 in 2010, up 6.9%.