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    The surname Prieto

    A Spanish surname, carried by 19,520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P630

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prieto is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Prieto.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,520 people named Prieto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,817 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,786.

    #1,833
    rank among US surnames
    19,520
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32%
    change since 2000 (was #2,259)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,824Trent19,63015,728
    #1,825Carmichael19,62815,730
    #1,826Toth19,60615,748
    #1,827Rushing19,60415,749
    #1,828Cody19,60015,752
    #1,829Gamboa19,57715,771
    #1,830Brewster19,56415,781

    Who is named Prieto

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

    90% of people named Prieto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 7.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 7.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Prietos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jaime Prieto Amaya
      Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta, Colombia (1941–2010)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prieto

    Prieto has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Prieto come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Prieto.
    How common is the surname Prieto?
    19,520 people in the United States had the surname Prieto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,817 Americans. It ranked 1,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prieto?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Prieto identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 7.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Prieto?
    Jaime Prieto Amaya, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cúcuta, Colombia (1941–2010).
    Where is the surname Prieto most common?
    Wikidata records people named Prieto in Colombia.
    Is the surname Prieto getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,786 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,520 in 2010, up 32%.