How common is the surname Prue?

1,826 people in the United States had the surname Prue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,083 Americans. It ranked 15,912th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Prue getting more or less common?

More common. 1,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,826 in 2010, up 2.5%.

Is Prue also a first name?

Yes. Prue is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Prue

A French surname, carried by 1,826 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prue is more common than 90.2% of them.

Origin

French origin

A diminutive of Prudence.

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 1,826 people named Prue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,083 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,781.

#15,912

rank among US surnames

1,826

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,903	Hohl	1,828	168,898
#15,907	Mullican	1,827	168,990
#15,912	Sautter	1,826	169,083

Who is named Prue

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

82% of people named Prue identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Prew
Prow

Surnames that sound like Prue

Prue has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prue come from?: A diminutive of Prudence.
How common is the surname Prue?: 1,826 people in the United States had the surname Prue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,083 Americans. It ranked 15,912th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prue?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Prue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Prue getting more or less common?: More common. 1,781 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,826 in 2010, up 2.5%.
What are other spellings of Prue?: Prew and Prow.
Is Prue also a first name?: Yes. Prue is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.