How common is the surname Prochnow?

1,274 people in the United States had the surname Prochnow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prochnow?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Prochnow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Prochnow getting more or less common?

More common. 1,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Prochnow

A surname, carried by 1,274 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prochnow is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

From German Prochnow (toponyms in East Germany and East Prussia), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *porxъno.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,274 people named Prochnow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,243.

#20,750

rank among US surnames

1,274

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,976)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#20,750	Sanroman	1,274	242,343
#20,758	Pintado	1,273	242,534

Who is named Prochnow

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

95% of people named Prochnow identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
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.

Questions

Where does the surname Prochnow come from?: From German Prochnow (toponyms in East Germany and East Prussia), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *porxъno.
How common is the surname Prochnow?: 1,274 people in the United States had the surname Prochnow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,343 Americans. It ranked 20,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prochnow?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Prochnow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Prochnow getting more or less common?: More common. 1,243 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,274 in 2010, up 2.5%.