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    The surname Pryce

    A surname, carried by 2,587 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P620

    Pryce: #12,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pryce #12,055, 2,587 people Pryce: #12,055 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pryce #12,055, 2,587 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pryce is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,587 people named Pryce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,345 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,144.

    #12,055
    rank among US surnames
    2,587
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,085)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,047Whittier2,589119,253
    #12,048Branscum2,588119,299
    #12,055Evens2,587119,345
    #12,059Vacca2,586119,391
    #12,064Guyette2,585119,437

    Who is named Pryce

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

    56% of people named Pryce identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Pryces

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Deborah Pryce
      American politician (born 1951)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pryce

    Pryce has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Pryce?
    2,587 people in the United States had the surname Pryce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,345 Americans. It ranked 12,055th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pryce?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Pryce identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Pryce?
    Deborah Pryce, American politician (born 1951).
    Where is the surname Pryce most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pryce in the United States.
    Is the surname Pryce getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,587 in 2010, up 21%.