How common is the surname Prete?

1,024 people in the United States had the surname Prete in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prete?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Prete identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Prete getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, down 4.1%.

The surname Prete

An Italian surname, carried by 1,024 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prete is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Prete.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,024 people named Prete in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. That is down 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,068.

#24,446

rank among US surnames

1,024

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,481)

Who is named Prete

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

94% of people named Prete identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

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 Prete

Prete has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prete come from?: Borrowed from Italian Prete.
How common is the surname Prete?: 1,024 people in the United States had the surname Prete in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 301,509 Americans. It ranked 24,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prete?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Prete identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Prete getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,024 in 2010, down 4.1%.