# Pruitt (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 44,365 |
| US rank (2010) | 777 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,959 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (42,463 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pruit |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pruitt 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pruitt in the United States.

## People named Pruitt

- Steven Pruitt, American Wikipedia editor with most edits
- Scott Pruitt, 14th Administrator of the EPA; former Attorney General from Oklahoma
- Jordan Pruitt, American singer
- Gabe Pruitt, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Jasika Nicole, American actress

## Similar surnames

Pratt, Prieto, Pruett, Prouty, Pritt, Prout, Perritt, Pretti, Prewitt, Prado, Perdue, Purdy.

## 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.