The Prak surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,179 people carried this name — #22,000 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is up 22% from 969 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Prak surname
Derived from Khmer ប្រាក់ (prak).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Prak» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 59 people named Prak.
Most of them — 54 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Haute-Garonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Prak in American newspapers,
1875–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,458 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Prak,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maarten Prak 1955– · university teacher
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Lotte Prak 1992– · handball player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prak.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Prak is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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