How common is the last name Pryor?

26,548 people in the United States have the last name Pryor, about 1 in 11,259. It ranks #1,299 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PRYOR

#1,299

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
26,548
About
1 in 11,259
This common or more
42.7%
Who bears it

Of the 26,548 people with the last name Pryor, 57.7% reported their origin as White, 33% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Pryor

#1,297 Burks · 26,569#1,298 Belcher · 26,554#1,300 Boggs · 26,542#1,301 Madrid · 26,510

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,186 Prior · 6,508#31,009 Pryer · 802#125,089 Prayor · 144

Also a first name

As a first name, Pryor ranks #25,331 of 53,615, with 375 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2019, with 51 births. See Pryor as a first name

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