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    The surname Propes

    A surname, carried by 1,437 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P612

    Propes: #18,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Propes #18,977, 1,437 people Propes: #18,977 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Propes #18,977, 1,437 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Propes is more common than 88.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,437 people named Propes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,854 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,388.

    #18,977
    rank among US surnames
    1,437
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,389)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,971Pen1,438214,705
    #18,977Callas1,437214,854
    #18,984Arbaugh1,436215,004

    Who is named Propes

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

    87% of people named Propes identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    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 Propes

    Propes has the Soundex code P612, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P612.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Propes?
    1,437 people in the United States had the surname Propes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,854 Americans. It ranked 18,977th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Propes?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Propes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Propes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,437 in 2010, up 3.5%.