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    The surname Pries

    A surname, carried by 1,094 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Pries: #23,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pries #23,283, 1,094 people Pries: #23,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pries #23,283, 1,094 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pries is more common than 85.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,094 people named Pries in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,244.

    #23,283
    rank among US surnames
    1,094
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,968)

    Who is named Pries

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

    96% of people named Pries identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pries

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pries?
    1,094 people in the United States had the surname Pries in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,217 Americans. It ranked 23,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pries?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pries identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pries getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,094 in 2010, down 12%.