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    The surname Pritt

    A surname, carried by 3,223 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P630

    Pritt: #10,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pritt #10,001, 3,223 people Pritt: #10,001 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pritt #10,001, 3,223 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pritt is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    See Pratt.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,223 people named Pritt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,866.

    #10,001
    rank among US surnames
    3,223
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #10,303)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,994Shoaf3,22795,676
    #9,997Sword3,22595,735
    #9,998Jaques3,22495,765
    #10,001Dubon3,22395,794
    #10,006Cortinas3,22295,824

    Who is named Pritt

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

    95% of people named Pritt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pritt

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pritt come from?
    See Pratt.
    How common is the surname Pritt?
    3,223 people in the United States had the surname Pritt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,794 Americans. It ranked 10,001st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pritt?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pritt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pritt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,866 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,223 in 2010, up 13%.