How common is the surname Prowse?

610 people in the United States had the surname Prowse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Prowse?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Prowse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Prowse?

Christopher Prowse, Australian Roman Catholic archbishop.

Where is the surname Prowse most common?

Wikidata records people named Prowse in Australia.

Is the surname Prowse getting more or less common?

Less common. 622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Prowse

A surname, carried by 610 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prowse is more common than 77.4% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 610 people named Prowse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 622.

#36,630

rank among US surnames

610

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #34,459)

Who is named Prowse

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

95% of people named Prowse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prowses

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christopher Prowse
Australian Roman Catholic archbishop, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Prows

Surnames that sound like Prowse

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

Questions

Where does the surname Prowse come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Prowse?: 610 people in the United States had the surname Prowse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prowse?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Prowse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Prowse?: Christopher Prowse, Australian Roman Catholic archbishop.
Where is the surname Prowse most common?: Wikidata records people named Prowse in Australia.
Is the surname Prowse getting more or less common?: Less common. 622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, down 1.9%.
What are other spellings of Prowse?: Prows.