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    The surname Prowell

    A surname, carried by 1,292 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P640

    Prowell: #20,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Prowell #20,529, 1,292 people Prowell: #20,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Prowell #20,529, 1,292 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prowell is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,292 people named Prowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,967 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,275.

    #20,529
    rank among US surnames
    1,292
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,575)

    Who is named Prowell

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

    55% of people named Prowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    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 Prowell

    Prowell has the Soundex code P640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P640.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Prowell?
    1,292 people in the United States had the surname Prowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,967 Americans. It ranked 20,529th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Prowell?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Prowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Prowell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,275 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,292 in 2010, up 1.3%.