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    The surname Prioleau

    A surname, carried by 1,659 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P640

    Prioleau: #17,104 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prioleau #17,104, 1,659 people Prioleau: #17,104 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prioleau #17,104, 1,659 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prioleau is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,659 people named Prioleau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,103 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,445.

    #17,104
    rank among US surnames
    1,659
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,859)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,097DeNicola1,660185,991
    #17,104Prioleau1,659186,103
    #17,111Ulm1,658186,216

    Who is named Prioleau

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

    92% of people named Prioleau identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.9% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prioleau

    Prioleau has the Soundex code P640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Prioleau?
    1,659 people in the United States had the surname Prioleau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,103 Americans. It ranked 17,104th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prioleau?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Prioleau identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Prioleau getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,659 in 2010, up 15%.