How common is the surname Price?

235,251 people in the United States had the surname Price in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,312 Americans. It ranked 91st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Price?

Vincent Price, American actor (1911–1993), followed by Leontyne Price.

Where is the surname Price most common?

Wikidata records people named Price in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Price?

Price is /pɹaɪs/, one syllable.

Is the surname Price getting more or less common?

More common. 228,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 235,251 in 2010, up 2.8%.

Is Price also a first name?

Yes. Price is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Price

A Welsh patronymic surname, the 91st most common in the United States.

Pronounced /pɹaɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Price is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

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

Price is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 235,251 people named Price in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,312 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 228,756.

#91

rank among US surnames

235,251

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #84)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#82	Brooks	251,663	1,227
#83	Chavez	250,898	1,231
#84	Wood	250,715	1,231
#85	James	249,379	1,238
#86	Bennett	247,599	1,247
#87	Gray	246,116	1,254
#88	Mendoza	242,771	1,272

Who is named Price

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

74% of people named Price identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prices

63 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vincent Price
American actor (1911–1993)
Leontyne Price
African-American soprano, born 1927
Lindsay Price
American actress and singer, born 1976
Kirsten Price
American pornographic actress, model & cable television host, born 1981
Ray Price
American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1926–2013)
DeAnna Price
American hammer thrower, born 1993
Sterling Price
American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1809–1867)
Megyn Price
American actress, born 1971
Lloyd Price
American singer (1933–2021)
Mark Price
American basketball player-coach, born 1964
Richard Price
American novelist and screenwriter, born 1949
Florence Price
American composer (1887-1953)

Notable Prices come mostly from the United States (49), the United Kingdom (8) and Australia (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Price

Price has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Price come from?: Price is Welsh in origin.
How common is the surname Price?: 235,251 people in the United States had the surname Price in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,312 Americans. It ranked 91st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Price?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Price identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Price?: Vincent Price, American actor (1911–1993), followed by Leontyne Price.
Where is the surname Price most common?: Wikidata records people named Price in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Price?: Price is /pɹaɪs/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Price?: Price is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Price getting more or less common?: More common. 228,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 235,251 in 2010, up 2.8%.
Is Price also a first name?: Yes. Price is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.