# Proa (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/proa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Galician |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 531 |
| US rank (2010) | 41,038 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 581,442 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (412 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Galician Proa and Portuguese Prôa; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Proa in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 8.7% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 89% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Pray, Pera, Pero, Piro, Paro, Prough, Para, Perry, Parra, Pierre, Parr, Power.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.