How common is the surname Proud?

1,250 people in the United States had the surname Proud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,996 Americans. It ranked 21,034th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Proud?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Proud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Proud getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,250 in 2010, down 4.6%.

The surname Proud

A surname, carried by 1,250 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Proud is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

English surname, from the adjective proud.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,250 people named Proud in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,996 Americans. That is down 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,310.

#21,034

rank among US surnames

1,250

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,174)

Who is named Proud

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

95% of people named Proud identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%

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 Proud

Proud has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

Questions

Where does the surname Proud come from?: English surname, from the adjective proud.
How common is the surname Proud?: 1,250 people in the United States had the surname Proud in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,996 Americans. It ranked 21,034th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Proud?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Proud identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Proud getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,250 in 2010, down 4.6%.