The Pratt surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 59,801 people carried this name — #500 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,510 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Pratt.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Paris.
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
Pratt in American newspapers,
1888–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,051,680 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pratt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benjamin Pratt 1660–1721 -
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden 1714–1794 · judge -
John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 1759–1840 · politician -
Addison Pratt 1802–1872 · diarist -
Thomas Pratt 1804–1869 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 159 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pratt.
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