How common is the surname Prosper?

1,352 people in the United States had the surname Prosper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,362 Americans. It ranked 19,878th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Prosper getting more or less common?

More common. 1,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,352 in 2010, up 19%.

Is Prosper also a first name?

Yes. Prosper is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Prosper

A surname, carried by 1,352 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P621 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prosper is more common than 87.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,352 people named Prosper in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,362 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,132.

#19,878

rank among US surnames

1,352

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+19.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,510)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,878	Jacobowitz	1,352	228,362
#19,885	Farabaugh	1,351	228,531

Who is named Prosper

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

63% of people named Prosper identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 63%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
Two or more races 3.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Prosper

Prokop

Prosper has the Soundex code P621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P621.

Questions

How common is the surname Prosper?: 1,352 people in the United States had the surname Prosper in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,362 Americans. It ranked 19,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prosper?: In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Prosper identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Prosper getting more or less common?: More common. 1,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,352 in 2010, up 19%.
Is Prosper also a first name?: Yes. Prosper is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.