The surname Prosser
A Welsh patronymic surname, carried by 8,244 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈpɹɒsə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex P626
Origin
Welsh origin
Anglicised from Welsh ap + Rhosier, "son of Roger".
Prosser is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 8,244 people named Prosser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,451 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,880.
Who is named Prosser
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Prosser identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Prosser has the Soundex code P626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P626.
Other Welsh surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Prosser come from?
- Anglicised from Welsh ap + Rhosier, "son of Roger".
- How common is the surname Prosser?
- 8,244 people in the United States had the surname Prosser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,451 Americans. It ranked 4,312th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Prosser?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Prosser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Prosser?
- Prosser is /ˈpɹɒsə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Prosser?
- Prosser is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Prosser getting more or less common?
- More common. 7,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,244 in 2010, up 4.6%.