Prescott is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prescott
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name of English origin. Means the person who lives or works in the house (cost) of the priest (priest). Maybe the nickname of a sacristan, considering that the priest's house is the church or the sacristy.

How popular is Prescott?

Prescott is common in United States.

Prescott is ranked 14566 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Prescott bearers increased by 1.731991 per cent in 2010 US census to 16975 since 2000, the surname slipped by 139 spots and ranked at 2134. The last name was found in around 58 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.2 81.09
Black 14.36 13.55
Hispanic or Latino 3.13 1.9
Others 2.42 1.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.04 0.88
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.85 0.86
Prescott is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is ahead in terms of density. Around 36197 people have been found who wears Prescott as their family name. Prescott is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
83,411 Czech Republic8
318,252 Ukraine6
1,346 Bermuda6
9,759 Japan5
8,411 Costa Rica4
156 Tonga3
2,967 Vietnam3
2,720 South Korea3
19,452 Malaysia3
1,219,338 India3
41,879 Turkey2
20,186 Kenya2
34,681 Norway2
1,777 Jersey2
14,621 Croatia2
95,312 Argentina2
723,167 Indonesia2
53,033 Nigeria1
799 British Virgin Islands1
10,190 Bahrain1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
10,958 Bangladesh1
4,249 Cambodia1
3,350 Fiji1
12,745 Luxembourg1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,057 Isle of Man1
24,176 Qatar1
36,814 Romania1
20,172 Hungary1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,578 Guam1
2,613 The Bahamas1
13,447 Uganda1
215 Palau1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
10,683 Cyprus1
353 Cook Islands1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,210 Thailand48
43,851 Netherlands44
13,773 Denmark39
32,811 Sweden29
9,692 Ireland27
154 Gibraltar25
643 United States Virgin Islands24
52,530 Belgium22
62,309 Zimbabwe13
3,343 China13
798 Grenada12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
30,612 Spain81
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
2,801 Northern Ireland72
5,248 Singapore59
85,668 Italy56
7,402 Portugal55
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Prescott:
1,106 New Zealand656
470 Trinidad and Tobago481
934 Wales418
1,747 Scotland413
1,016 Panama392
17,476 South Africa347
14,944 Mexico262
39,199 Philippines258
42,856 Brazil254
43,536 Germany235
53,810 France184
887 Guyana154
9,538 Venezuela151
353 Barbados147
232 Saint Lucia136
11,811 Peru128
2,171 Jamaica107
212 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines105
Countries with thousands of Prescott:
1,114 England6,883
2,587 Canada1,897
2,286 Australia1,361
Countries with ten thousands of Prescott:
1,970 United States20,385
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Prescott worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 17 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Mary Hale and arrived on June 24, 1850. U-Miss Prescott, aged 17, Workman John Prescott, Workman James Prescott, Workman Jnn. Prescott, are other Prescott that migrated to US from Dublin, Belfast and Limerick.

Prescott Namesakes

  • Hal Prescott, Football player
  • Robert Prescott, Former Governor General of The Canadas
  • Samuel Cate Prescott, Scientist
  • Barbera Prescott, Actor
  • Breidis Prescott, Boxer
  • Blaine Prescott, Pornographic film actor
  • Jeryl Prescott, Actress
  • Stef Prescott, Actress
  • Simon Prescott, Actor
  • Breyon Prescott, Songwriter
  • Jacob Kain Prescott, from 2018 horror film Marrok, who played the Marrok.
  • In 2017, Daisy Prescott characterized the role of Flower Girl in comedy film Fighting Belle.
  • In 0 horror, musical film, Kill Dolly Kill, Julie Anne Prescott played Judge Petula Flowers.

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