Explore the Family Name Pratts

The meaning of Pratts

1. Altered form of Catalan Prats. 2. Americanized form of German Prätz (see Pratz) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Miguel, Alba, Alberto, Anabel, Aurelio, Belgica, Bienvenida, Dominga, Fernando, Juanita, Julio.

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How common is the last name Pratts in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Pratts has seen a slight increase in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, it ranked 26,215th and by 2010, it had moved up to the 25,620th position. This is a positive shift of about 2.27%. Moreover, the count of individuals with this surname also increased from 877 to 963, marking an approximate 9.81% growth. However, the proportion per 100,000 remained consistent at 0.33 during both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,215	#25,620	2.27%
Count	877	963	9.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.33	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pratts

On the ethnicity front, the majority of individuals with the Pratts surname identified as Hispanic, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of Hispanics increased from 77.54% in 2000 to 82.87% in 2010. There was a notable decrease in the percentage of people identifying as White or Black. The number of Whites dropped by about 29.14%, while the percentage of Blacks fell by around 20.20%. Interestingly, there were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native descent in 2000, but by 2010 these groups represented 0.52% each. Similarly, those who identified with two or more races declined by approximately 41.60% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	77.54%	82.87%	6.87%
Black	10.15%	8.1%	-20.2%
White	10.26%	7.27%	-29.14%
Two or More Races	1.25%	0.73%	-41.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.52%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.52%	0%