Pratt

59,174 people in the United States were counted with the surname Pratt in the 2020 census, making it the 558th most common in the country. That is about one person in 5,051.

By the numbers

People: 59,174
Rank: 558th
How common: 1 in 5,051
Per 100,000: 19.8

Where the name comes from

Probably from French pré (“meadow”), meaning a meadow dweller; from Old French prat, from Latin pratum. Another proposed source is Old English prætt (“trick, cunning, astute”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Pratt described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 75.2%
Black, not Hispanic 15.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Pratt

Chris Pratt (born 1979)American actor
Hugo Pratt (1927–1995)Italian comic book creator
Kyla Pratt (born 1986)American actress and singer
Guy Pratt (born 1962)British bassist
Keri Lynn Pratt (born 1978)American actress
Cynthia A. Pratt (born 1945)Bahamian politician
Nicole Pratt (born 1973)Australian female tennis player
Spencer Pratt (born 1983)American television personality

People named Pratt with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Pratt

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.