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    The surname Pritchett

    A surname, carried by 19,334 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P632

    Pritchett: #1,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Pritchett #1,856, 19,334 people Pritchett: #1,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pritchett #1,856, 19,334 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pritchett is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 19,334 people named Pritchett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,969 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,350.

    #1,856
    rank among US surnames
    19,334
    people in 2010
    6.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.4%
    change since 2000 (was #1,796)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,847Ledbetter19,41715,901
    #1,848Arteaga19,41015,907
    #1,849Jiang19,40915,907
    #1,851Whitman19,39915,916
    #1,852Burkett19,36915,940
    #1,853Koehler19,36815,941
    #1,854Christiansen19,34015,964

    Who is named Pritchett

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

    68% of people named Pritchett identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 68%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pritchetts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Henry Smith Pritchett
      American astronomer (1857–1939)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pritchett

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pritchett?
    19,334 people in the United States had the surname Pritchett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,969 Americans. It ranked 1,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pritchett?
    In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Pritchett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pritchett?
    Henry Smith Pritchett, American astronomer (1857–1939).
    Where is the surname Pritchett most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pritchett in the United States.
    Is the surname Pritchett getting more or less common?
    More common. 18,350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,334 in 2010, up 5.4%.