# Prudhomme (surname)

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

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,925 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,891 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,554 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.3% (2,677 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Purdon |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Prudhomme. (prud'-homme).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Prudhomme 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Prudhomme in the United States.

## People named Prudhomme

- Paul Prudhomme, American chef (1940–2015)

## Similar surnames

Pruden, Prudencio, Purdom, Prudente, Perdomo, Partin, Parton, Partain, Pridemore, Pradhan, Prettyman, Portman.

## 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.