How common is the surname Prochaska?

2,852 people in the United States had the surname Prochaska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. It ranked 11,118th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prochaska?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Prochaska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Prochaska?

Andreas Prochaska, Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor.

Where is the surname Prochaska most common?

Wikidata records people named Prochaska in Austria.

Is the surname Prochaska getting more or less common?

More common. 2,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,852 in 2010, up 8.3%.

The surname Prochaska

A Czech surname, carried by 2,852 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P622

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prochaska is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Procházka.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,852 people named Prochaska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,633.

#11,118

rank among US surnames

2,852

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,111	Leis	2,855	108,142
#11,114	Loaiza	2,854	108,180
#11,116	Kalb	2,853	108,218
#11,118	Heitz	2,852	108,256
#11,122	Catanzaro	2,851	108,294
#11,127	Depina	2,849	108,370

Who is named Prochaska

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

96% of people named Prochaska identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prochaskas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andreas Prochaska
Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor, born 1964

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prochaska come from?: Borrowed from Czech Procházka.
How common is the surname Prochaska?: 2,852 people in the United States had the surname Prochaska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. It ranked 11,118th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prochaska?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Prochaska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prochaska?: Andreas Prochaska, Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Where is the surname Prochaska most common?: Wikidata records people named Prochaska in Austria.
Is the surname Prochaska getting more or less common?: More common. 2,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,852 in 2010, up 8.3%.