How common is the surname Prewitt?

8,371 people in the United States had the surname Prewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,883 Americans. It ranked 4,234th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Prewitt getting more or less common?

More common. 8,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,371 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Prewitt

A surname, carried by 8,371 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prewitt is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Prue, Prew, Prow.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,371 people named Prewitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,883 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,341.

#4,234

rank among US surnames

8,371

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #3,915)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,225	Dion	8,395	36,777
#4,226	Cade	8,391	36,795
#4,227	Aguiar	8,390	36,799
#4,228	Cave	8,389	36,804
#4,229	Dagostino	8,388	36,808
#4,230	Haggard	8,384	36,826
#4,231	Wentz	8,376	36,861

Who is named Prewitt

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

76% of people named Prewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prewitt

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

Questions

Where does the surname Prewitt come from?: English surname, variant of Prue, Prew, Prow.
How common is the surname Prewitt?: 8,371 people in the United States had the surname Prewitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,883 Americans. It ranked 4,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prewitt?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Prewitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Prewitt getting more or less common?: More common. 8,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,371 in 2010, up 0.4%.