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    The surname Prewett

    A surname, carried by 1,641 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

    Prewett: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prewett #17,258, 1,641 people Prewett: #17,258 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prewett #17,258, 1,641 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prewett is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,641 people named Prewett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,622.

    #17,258
    rank among US surnames
    1,641
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,349)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Prewett

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

    93% of people named Prewett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races and 2.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • 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 Prewett

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Prewett?
    1,641 people in the United States had the surname Prewett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,145 Americans. It ranked 17,258th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prewett?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prewett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Prewett getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,641 in 2010, up 1.2%.