How common is the last name Preston?

45,056 people in the United States have the last name Preston, about 1 in 6,634. It ranks #753 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PRESTON

#753

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
45,056
About
1 in 6,634
This common or more
36.5%
Who bears it

Of the 45,056 people with the last name Preston, 71.1% reported their origin as White, 19.8% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Preston

#751 Vo · 45,170#752 Macdonald · 45,126#754 Vance · 44,920#755 Davila · 44,850

Spelled almost the same

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

#24,007 Presti · 1,088#26,440 Prest · 972#27,452 Presto · 930#32,405 Prescod · 761#32,585 Prestia · 756#40,169 Presta · 589#96,193 Prester · 203#100,867 Prestel · 191

Also a first name

As a first name, Preston ranks #605 of 53,615, with 87,761 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2007, with 3,814 births. See Preston as a first name

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