How common is the last name Prescott?

16,446 people in the United States have the last name Prescott, about 1 in 18,175. It ranks #2,151 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PRESCOTT

#2,151

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,446
About
1 in 18,175
This common or more
48.6%
Who bears it

Of the 16,446 people with the last name Prescott, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 13.8% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Prescott

#2,149 Cagle · 16,454#2,150 Read · 16,452#2,152 Keene · 16,443#2,152 Tejada · 16,443

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Prescott, most common first.

#32,405 Prescod · 761#85,054 Preskitt · 237

Also a first name

As a first name, Prescott ranks #10,562 of 53,615, with 1,253 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 90 births. See Prescott as a first name

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