How common is the surname Propst?

4,743 people in the United States had the surname Propst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,095 Americans. It ranked 7,057th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Propst getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,743 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Propst

A surname, carried by 4,743 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P612

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Propst is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,743 people named Propst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,095 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,755.

#7,057

rank among US surnames

4,743

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,570)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,052	Mapp	4,749	65,013
#7,053	Ernest	4,745	65,068
#7,054	Barley	4,744	65,081
#7,057	Propst	4,743	65,095
#7,059	Maze	4,742	65,109

Who is named Propst

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

88% of people named Propst identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Propst

Propst 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 Propst?: 4,743 people in the United States had the surname Propst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,095 Americans. It ranked 7,057th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Propst?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Propst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Propst getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,743 in 2010, down 0.3%.