How common is the surname Prudencio?

1,842 people in the United States had the surname Prudencio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Prudencio?

Nelson Prudêncio, athletics competitor (1944–2012), followed by Claudine Prudencio.

Where is the surname Prudencio most common?

Wikidata records people named Prudencio in Brazil and Benin.

Is the surname Prudencio getting more or less common?

More common. 1,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, up 80%.

The surname Prudencio

A surname, carried by 1,842 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prudencio is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,842 people named Prudencio in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,023.

#15,806

rank among US surnames

1,842

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+80.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,264)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,800	Harton	1,843	167,523
#15,806	Dufault	1,842	167,614

Who is named Prudencio

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

83% of people named Prudencio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.3% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
Asian and Pacific Islander 9.0%
White (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Two or more races 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Prudencios

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nelson Prudêncio
Athletics competitor (1944–2012)
Claudine Prudencio
Beninois politician, born 1966

Notable Prudencios come mostly from Brazil (1) and Benin (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Prudencio

Prudencio has the Soundex code P635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P635.

Questions

How common is the surname Prudencio?: 1,842 people in the United States had the surname Prudencio in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prudencio?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Prudencio identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Prudencio?: Nelson Prudêncio, athletics competitor (1944–2012), followed by Claudine Prudencio.
Where is the surname Prudencio most common?: Wikidata records people named Prudencio in Brazil and Benin.
Is the surname Prudencio getting more or less common?: More common. 1,023 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, up 80%.