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    The surname Prough

    A surname, carried by 1,225 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Prough: #21,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prough #21,371, 1,225 people Prough: #21,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prough #21,371, 1,225 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prough is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,225 people named Prough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,250.

    #21,371
    rank among US surnames
    1,225
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,890)

    Who is named Prough

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

    97% of people named Prough identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Prough

    Prough has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Prough?
    1,225 people in the United States had the surname Prough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. It ranked 21,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prough?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Prough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Prough getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,225 in 2010, down 2.0%.