# Price (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/price/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from ap Rhys.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 235,251 |
| US rank (2010) | 91 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,312 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (228,756 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɹaɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Price in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Price in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Confederate States of America and Argentina.

## People named Price

- Vincent Price, American actor (1911–1993)
- Leontyne Price, African-American soprano
- Lindsay Price, American actress and singer
- Kirsten Price, American pornographic actress, model & cable television host
- Ray Price, American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1926–2013)
- DeAnna Price, American hammer thrower
- Sterling Price, American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1809–1867)
- Megyn Price, American actress
- Lloyd Price, American singer (1933–2021)
- Mark Price, American basketball player-coach
- Richard Price, American novelist and screenwriter
- Florence Price, American composer (1887-1953)

and 51 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Pierce, Pearce, Piercy, Peirce, Parise, Pryce, Pries, Porche, Prisco, Prigge, Perich, Perez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.