Pruett Comes in a Distant 2,243rd
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I’ve often wondered how common my last name is. It turns out the U.S. Census Bureau lets you search the results of the 1990 U.S. Census and see how popular a given name was.
I did a quick search on the surname Pruett, naturally, and found I have the 2,243rd most common last name in the U.S. Not terribly impressive, but the name Pruitt is number 619, which explains why so many people try to spell my name with an ‘i’ instead of an ‘e’.
The name Jeff is ranked number 120 for males, which made me feel slightly better about my poor showing in the last name category.
If you’d like to visit the U.S. Census site and check it out for your name, click here.
August 19th, 2005 at 1:27 pm
Yeah, and “Jeffrey” is even higher up– it ranks #30!
Not surprisingly, neither of my names were found
This is a cool site, thanks for sharing it! Now I have to go spread the word