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    The surname Proa

    A Galician surname, carried by 531 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P600

    Proa: #41,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Proa #41,038, 531 people Proa: #41,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Proa #41,038, 531 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Proa is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Galician origin

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

    One of 34 Galician surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 531 people named Proa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 412.

    #41,038
    rank among US surnames
    531
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.9%
    change since 2000 (was #48,196)

    Who is named Proa

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

    89% of people named Proa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 89%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Proa

    Proa has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

    Other Galician surnames

    All 34 Galician surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Proa come from?
    Borrowed from Galician Proa and Portuguese Prôa; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
    How common is the surname Proa?
    531 people in the United States had the surname Proa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. It ranked 41,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Proa?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Proa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.7% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Proa getting more or less common?
    More common. 412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 531 in 2010, up 29%.