How common is the surname Profit?

1,648 people in the United States had the surname Profit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,346 Americans. It ranked 17,182nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Profit?

Laron Profit, American basketball player (born 1977).

Where is the surname Profit most common?

Wikidata records people named Profit in the United States.

Is the surname Profit getting more or less common?

More common. 1,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,648 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Profit

A surname, carried by 1,648 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). Profit is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Proffitt.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,648 people named Profit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,346 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,477.

#17,182

rank among US surnames

1,648

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+11.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,561)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,176	Haslett	1,649	187,232
#17,182	Dauzat	1,648	187,346

Who is named Profit

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

66% of people named Profit identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 66%
White (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Profits

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Laron Profit
American basketball player (born 1977)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Profit

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

Questions

Where does the surname Profit come from?: Variant of Proffitt.
How common is the surname Profit?: 1,648 people in the United States had the surname Profit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,346 Americans. It ranked 17,182nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Profit?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Profit identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Profit?: Laron Profit, American basketball player (born 1977).
Where is the surname Profit most common?: Wikidata records people named Profit in the United States.
Is the surname Profit getting more or less common?: More common. 1,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,648 in 2010, up 12%.