The PROWSE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	622	34459	0	2
United States (1880 census)	107	30201	0	2
Change since 1880	+515	-4258	+N/A	0
Other Countries
Australia	759	2142	0.005	46
United Kingdom	1,735	3313	0.004	38

Top States for PROWSE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	94	23583	0.000	3
Michigan	80	15106	0.001	8
Texas	49	25999	0.000	2
West Virginia	49	3748	0.003	27
Washington	34	20096	0.001	6
Top States for PROWSE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
West Virginia	49	3748	0.003	27
North Dakota	9	11296	0.001	14
Montana	10	13919	0.001	11
Arkansas	28	8533	0.001	10
Michigan	80	15106	0.001	8

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PROWSE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PROWSE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PROWSE in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PROWSE by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PROWSE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Wales

Language of origin: Welsh

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PROWSE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PROWSE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PROWSE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	594	95.5
White (Hispanic)	19	3.05
Mixed Race	7	1.13
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Black/African American	Less than 100	0
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PROWSE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to PROWSE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PROWSE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.