Prejean surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Prejean surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,203 people carried this name — #9,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 123 people named Prejean.

Those born in France came from 30 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

Paris 23
Eure-et-Loir 20
Loir-et-Cher 18
Yvelines 6
Orne 6
Indre 6
Moselle 5
Charente-Maritime 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Prejean in American newspapers,
1920–1957.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Prejean
Evening Star 1920-10-25
Newspaper page from Atlanta Daily World carrying the name Prejean
Atlanta Daily World 1948-08-19
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Prejean
La Gaceta 1950-09-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,796 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Prejean,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Helen Prejean
    Helen Prejean 1939– · writer
  • Carrie Prejean
    Carrie Prejean 1987– · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Prejean is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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