How common is the surname Pridgen?

5,591 people in the United States had the surname Pridgen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,222 Americans. It ranked 6,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pridgen?

Freeway, American rapper from Pennsylvania.

Where is the surname Pridgen most common?

Wikidata records people named Pridgen in the United States.

Is the surname Pridgen getting more or less common?

More common. 5,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,591 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Pridgen

A French surname, carried by 5,591 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pridgen is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

Possibly from Old French preux (“wise; brave”) + Jehan (“John”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,591 people named Pridgen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,222 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,426.

#6,127

rank among US surnames

5,591

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #5,841)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,118	Dutcher	5,605	55,084
#6,119	Sikora	5,604	55,094
#6,121	Marlin	5,602	55,113
#6,122	Christmas	5,599	55,143
#6,123	Fernando	5,596	55,173
#6,124	Coelho	5,593	55,202
#6,126	Kennard	5,592	55,212

Who is named Pridgen

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

65% of people named Pridgen identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pridgens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Freeway
American rapper from Pennsylvania, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Pridgeon
Pridgin

Surnames that sound like Pridgen

Pridgeon

Pridgen has the Soundex code P632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P632.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pridgen come from?: Possibly from Old French preux (“wise; brave”) + Jehan (“John”).
How common is the surname Pridgen?: 5,591 people in the United States had the surname Pridgen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,222 Americans. It ranked 6,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pridgen?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Pridgen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pridgen?: Freeway, American rapper from Pennsylvania.
Where is the surname Pridgen most common?: Wikidata records people named Pridgen in the United States.
Is the surname Pridgen getting more or less common?: More common. 5,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,591 in 2010, up 3.0%.
What are other spellings of Pridgen?: Pridgeon and Pridgin.