How common is the surname Proffitt?

9,202 people in the United States had the surname Proffitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Proffitt getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Proffitt

A surname, carried by 9,202 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P613

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Proffitt is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,202 people named Proffitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 9,223.

#3,847

rank among US surnames

9,202

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,535)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,838	Javier	9,226	33,465
#3,839	Demers	9,225	33,468
#3,840	Biddle	9,219	33,490
#3,841	Brill	9,215	33,505
#3,843	Shay	9,212	33,516
#3,844	Farrington	9,211	33,519
#3,846	Coble	9,204	33,545

Who is named Proffitt

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

94% of people named Proffitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Profit

Surnames that sound like Proffitt

Proffitt has the Soundex code P613, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P613.

Questions

How common is the surname Proffitt?: 9,202 people in the United States had the surname Proffitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,552 Americans. It ranked 3,847th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Proffitt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Proffitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Proffitt getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,223 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,202 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Proffitt?: Profit.