Proudfoot is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Proudfoot
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Proudfoot

How popular is Proudfoot?

Proudfoot is common in United States.

Proudfoot is ranked 65931 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Proudfoot bearers increased by 3.239203 per cent in 2010 US census to 1243 since 2000, the surname slipped by 635 spots and ranked at 21119. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.99 91.2
Others 3.62 3.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.01 0.83
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.53 2.66
Black 1.37 1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.48 0.83
Proudfoot is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6893 people have been found who wears Proudfoot as their family name. Proudfoot is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
720,003 Russia4
10,686 Costa Rica3
90,215 Germany3
5,630 Northern Ireland2
1,704,541 India1
810,193 Indonesia1
37,493 Austria1
2,057 Isle of Man1
12,270 Lebanon1
3,307 Malta1
118,015 Netherlands1
42,479 Greece1
472 Tonga1
29,774 Venezuela1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,613 The Bahamas1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
36,547 Switzerland27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
5,220 Trinidad and Tobago21
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,257 Wales68
Countries with hundreds of Proudfoot:
5,787 Canada748
1,395 Scotland538
6,183 Australia470
4,534 New Zealand168
2,693 Ireland158
Countries with thousands of Proudfoot:
4,725 England1,559
4,316 South Africa1,516
21,172 United States1,505
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 21 years old workman Patk. Proudfoot who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on June 1, 1846 by Garrick put out from Liverpool. George Proudfoot, aged 32, Workman George Proudfoot, Christian Proudfoot, Andw. Proudfoot (26) Engineer, Robert Proudfoot, aged 30, Ploughman William Proudfoot, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Greenock.

Proudfoot Namesakes

  • Kimo Proudfoot, Director
  • Peter Proudfoot, Soccer player
  • Kimo Proudfoot, Director
  • Lorne Proudfoot, Politician
  • Malcom Jarvis Proudfoot, Author
  • Wilf Proudfoot, British Politician

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