Explore the Family Name Prause

The meaning of Prause

German: 1. variant of Brause. 2. variant of Prauss, a habitational name from any of various East German places of Slavic origin, for example Prauss, now Prusy in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Some characteristic forenames: German Guenther, Hans-Peter.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Prause has seen a decline in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. It was ranked 43,955th in 2000 but by 2010, it had dropped to 52,169th, marking an 18.69% decrease in rank. The number of individuals with the surname Prause also decreased from 462 in 2000 to 398 in 2010, showing a drop of 13.85%. Furthermore, the proportion of people named Prause per 100,000 declined by 23.53%, falling from 0.17 to 0.13 over the ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,955	#52,169	-18.69%
Count	462	398	-13.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.13	-23.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Prause

The ethnicity distribution for the surname Prause also changed over the same time period, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In terms of ethnic identity, the vast majority of individuals with the surname identified as White, accounting for 95.45% in 2000 and increasing slightly to 96.23% by 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic made up 3.46% in 2000, but this figure fell by 20.23% to 2.76% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals under the categories of Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian and Alaskan Native in either years. A small percentage (1.08%) identified as two or more races in 2000, however, this figure was reduced to 0% by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.45%	96.23%	0.82%
Hispanic	3.46%	2.76%	-20.23%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.08%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%