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    The surname Prom

    A surname, carried by 1,487 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P650

    Prom: #18,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prom #18,550, 1,487 people Prom: #18,550 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prom #18,550, 1,487 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prom is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,487 people named Prom in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,263.

    #18,550
    rank among US surnames
    1,487
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,734)

    Who is named Prom

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

    47% of people named Prom identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prom

    Prom has the Soundex code P650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Prom?
    1,487 people in the United States had the surname Prom in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prom?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Prom identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Prom getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 18%.