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    The surname Prohaska

    A surname, carried by 1,507 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P620

    Prohaska: #18,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prohaska #18,378, 1,507 people Prohaska: #18,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prohaska #18,378, 1,507 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prohaska is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Procházka.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,507 people named Prohaska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,458.

    #18,378
    rank among US surnames
    1,507
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,719)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,378Prohaska1,507204,874
    #18,385Roder1,506205,010

    Who is named Prohaska

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

    97% of people named Prohaska identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 0.6%
    • 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 Prohaskas

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Herbert Prohaska
      Austrian football player and coach, born 1955
    • Nadine Prohaska
      Austrian footballer (1990-)
    • Anna Prohaska
      Austrian opera singer, born 1983

    Notable Prohaskas come mostly from Austria (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prohaska

    Prohaska has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Prohaska come from?
    From Czech Procházka.
    How common is the surname Prohaska?
    1,507 people in the United States had the surname Prohaska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,874 Americans. It ranked 18,378th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prohaska?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Prohaska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Prohaska?
    Herbert Prohaska, Austrian football player and coach, followed by Nadine Prohaska.
    Where is the surname Prohaska most common?
    Wikidata records people named Prohaska in Austria and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Prohaska getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,507 in 2010, up 3.4%.