How common is the surname Prudhomme?

2,925 people in the United States had the surname Prudhomme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,554 Americans. It ranked 10,891st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Prudhomme?

Paul Prudhomme, American chef (1940–2015).

Where is the surname Prudhomme most common?

Wikidata records people named Prudhomme in the United States.

Is the surname Prudhomme getting more or less common?

More common. 2,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,925 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Prudhomme

A French surname, carried by 2,925 people in the United States.

2 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). Prudhomme is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,925 people named Prudhomme in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,554 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,677.

#10,891

rank among US surnames

2,925

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,911)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,886	Nova	2,928	105,446
#10,889	Linker	2,927	105,482
#10,890	Divine	2,926	105,518
#10,891	Lesley	2,925	105,554
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626

Who is named Prudhomme

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

67% of people named Prudhomme identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Prudhommes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Prudhomme
American chef (1940–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Purdon

Surnames that sound like Prudhomme

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prudhomme come from?: Borrowed from French Prudhomme. (prud'-homme).
How common is the surname Prudhomme?: 2,925 people in the United States had the surname Prudhomme in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,554 Americans. It ranked 10,891st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prudhomme?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Prudhomme identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Prudhomme?: Paul Prudhomme, American chef (1940–2015).
Where is the surname Prudhomme most common?: Wikidata records people named Prudhomme in the United States.
Is the surname Prudhomme getting more or less common?: More common. 2,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,925 in 2010, up 9.3%.
What are other spellings of Prudhomme?: Purdon.