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    The surname Prestwood

    A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P623

    Prestwood: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prestwood #23,019, 1,110 people Prestwood: #23,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prestwood #23,019, 1,110 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prestwood is more common than 85.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,110 people named Prestwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,135.

    #23,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,110
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #21,469)

    Who is named Prestwood

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

    90% of people named Prestwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    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 Prestwood

    Prestwood 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 Prestwood?
    1,110 people in the United States had the surname Prestwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prestwood?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Prestwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Prestwood getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,135 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, down 2.2%.