The Prayer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 307 people carried this name — #64,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 294 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 73 people named Prayer.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Isère.
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
Prayer in American newspapers,
1889–1905.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prayer.
- Prats 727 · U.S. census
- Pratt 61,671 · U.S. census
- Pratte 921 · U.S. census
- Pratz 240 · U.S. census
- Prax 156 · U.S. census
- Pray 3,773 · U.S. census
- Preis 911 · U.S. census
- Preiss 1,465 · U.S. census
- Prejean 3,294 · U.S. census
- Prelle 152 · U.S. census
- Preseau 122 · U.S. census
- Present 269 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Prayer is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.