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    The surname Prisco

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,977 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Prisco: #14,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prisco #14,957, 1,977 people Prisco: #14,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prisco #14,957, 1,977 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prisco is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Prisco.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,977 people named Prisco in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 156,169 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,912.

    #14,957
    rank among US surnames
    1,977
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,357)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,950Ingold1,978156,090
    #14,957Toone1,977156,169
    #14,965Smathers1,976156,248

    Who is named Prisco

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

    93% of people named Prisco identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Prisco

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

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Prisco come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Prisco.
    How common is the surname Prisco?
    1,977 people in the United States had the surname Prisco in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 156,169 Americans. It ranked 14,957th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prisco?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prisco identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Prisco getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,912 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,977 in 2010, up 3.4%.