How common is the surname Profitt?

2,046 people in the United States had the surname Profitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,902 Americans. It ranked 14,564th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Profitt getting more or less common?

More common. 1,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,046 in 2010, up 9.8%.

The surname Profitt

A surname, carried by 2,046 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). Profitt is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,046 people named Profitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,902 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,863.

#14,564

rank among US surnames

2,046

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+9.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,641)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,558	McCardle	2,047	150,828
#14,564	Copas	2,046	150,902
#14,570	Amy	2,045	150,976
#14,571	Varughese	2,044	151,050

Who is named Profitt

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

88% of people named Profitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Profitt

Profitt 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 Profitt?: 2,046 people in the United States had the surname Profitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,902 Americans. It ranked 14,564th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Profitt?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Profitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Profitt getting more or less common?: More common. 1,863 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,046 in 2010, up 9.8%.