How common is the surname Prunty?

2,789 people in the United States had the surname Prunty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,701 Americans. It ranked 11,319th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Prunty getting more or less common?

More common. 2,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,789 in 2010, up 7.1%.

The surname Prunty

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,789 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Prunty is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of Proinnteach”), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (“meal; banquet”) and teach (“house”).

Prunty is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,789 people named Prunty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,701 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,603.

#11,319

rank among US surnames

2,789

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+7.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,312	Foerster	2,792	110,582
#11,317	Cambron	2,791	110,622
#11,318	Patil	2,790	110,661
#11,319	Twitchell	2,789	110,701
#11,321	Dorton	2,788	110,741
#11,322	Maharaj	2,787	110,781
#11,327	Markovich	2,786	110,820

Who is named Prunty

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

71% of people named Prunty identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Brunty

Surnames that sound like Prunty

Prunty has the Soundex code P653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P653.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Prunty come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of Proinnteach”), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (“meal; banquet”) and teach (“house”).
How common is the surname Prunty?: 2,789 people in the United States had the surname Prunty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,701 Americans. It ranked 11,319th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Prunty?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Prunty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Prunty?: Prunty is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Prunty getting more or less common?: More common. 2,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,789 in 2010, up 7.1%.
What are other spellings of Prunty?: Brunty.