# Prowse (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/prowse/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 610 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,630 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 506,140 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.9% (622 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Prows |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Prue. * Also as an English surname, from the toponym Prussia. * As a German surname, Americanized from Prause, Praus. Compare Sprouse.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Prowse in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Prowse in Australia.

## People named Prowse

- Christopher Prowse, Australian Roman Catholic archbishop

## Similar surnames

Purse, Powers, Perez, Price, Pierce, Park, Parks, Parrish, Pearce, Paris, Parish, Parris.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.