How common is the surname Prouty?

4,042 people in the United States had the surname Prouty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,384 Americans. It ranked 8,209th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prouty?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prouty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Prouty?

Jed Prouty, American actor (1879–1956), followed by Winston L. Prouty.

Where is the surname Prouty most common?

Wikidata records people named Prouty in the United States.

Is the surname Prouty getting more or less common?

More common. 3,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,042 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Prouty

A surname, carried by 4,042 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prouty is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,042 people named Prouty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,384 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,940.

#8,209

rank among US surnames

4,042

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,201	Macomber	4,047	76,290
#8,205	Gallup	4,046	76,309
#8,206	Matamoros	4,044	76,347
#8,209	Asuncion	4,042	76,384
#8,212	Delisle	4,041	76,403
#8,213	Hartsell	4,040	76,422
#8,216	Ji	4,039	76,441

Who is named Prouty

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

93% of people named Prouty identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Proutys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jed Prouty
American actor (1879–1956)
Winston L. Prouty
American politician (1906-1971)
L. Fletcher Prouty
American banker, 1917–2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prouty

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

Questions

How common is the surname Prouty?: 4,042 people in the United States had the surname Prouty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,384 Americans. It ranked 8,209th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prouty?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Prouty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prouty?: Jed Prouty, American actor (1879–1956), followed by Winston L. Prouty.
Where is the surname Prouty most common?: Wikidata records people named Prouty in the United States.
Is the surname Prouty getting more or less common?: More common. 3,940 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,042 in 2010, up 2.6%.