How common is the surname Pruitt?

44,365 people in the United States had the surname Pruitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,959 Americans. It ranked 777th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pruitt?

Steven Pruitt, American Wikipedia editor with most edits, followed by Scott Pruitt.

Where is the surname Pruitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Pruitt in the United States.

Is the surname Pruitt getting more or less common?

More common. 42,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 44,365 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Pruitt

A surname, carried by 44,365 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pruitt is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 44,365 people named Pruitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,959 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 42,463.

#777

rank among US surnames

44,365

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #736)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#768	Lester	44,784	6,894
#769	Knox	44,742	6,901
#770	Bullock	44,740	6,901
#771	Kerr	44,711	6,905
#772	Leach	44,581	6,925
#773	Meadows	44,500	6,938
#774	Orr	44,388	6,956

Who is named Pruitt

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

73% of people named Pruitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pruitts

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Pruitt
American Wikipedia editor with most edits, born 1984
Scott Pruitt
14th Administrator of the EPA; former Attorney General from Oklahoma, born 1968
Jordan Pruitt
American singer, born 1991
Gabe Pruitt
American basketball player (born 1986)
Jasika Nicole
American actress, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Pruit

Surnames that sound like Pruitt

Pruitt has the Soundex code P630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P630.

Questions

How common is the surname Pruitt?: 44,365 people in the United States had the surname Pruitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,959 Americans. It ranked 777th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pruitt?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Pruitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pruitt?: Steven Pruitt, American Wikipedia editor with most edits, followed by Scott Pruitt.
Where is the surname Pruitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Pruitt in the United States.
Is the surname Pruitt getting more or less common?: More common. 42,463 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 44,365 in 2010, up 4.5%.
What are other spellings of Pruitt?: Pruit.