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The surname Prickett

A surname, carried by 4,016 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P623

Prickett: #8,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prickett #8,249, 4,016 people Prickett: #8,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prickett #8,249, 4,016 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prickett is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,016 people named Prickett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,879 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,995.

#8,249
rank among US surnames
4,016
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.5%
change since 2000 (was #7,684)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,244Blatt4,02076,802
#8,246Chauvin4,01876,841
#8,248Durkee4,01776,860
#8,249Prickett4,01676,879
#8,250Edison4,01576,898

Who is named Prickett

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

94% of people named Prickett identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pricketts

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Maudie Prickett
    American actress (1914-1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prickett

Prickett has the Soundex code P623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P623.

Questions

How common is the surname Prickett?
4,016 people in the United States had the surname Prickett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,879 Americans. It ranked 8,249th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prickett?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Prickett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prickett?
Maudie Prickett, American actress (1914-1976).
Where is the surname Prickett most common?
Wikidata records people named Prickett in the United States.
Is the surname Prickett getting more or less common?
More common. 3,995 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,016 in 2010, up 0.5%.