The Prest surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 965 people carried this name — #25,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 970 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Prest.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
32 people named Prest live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
72 people named Prest is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Prest,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kitty Spiegel LeRoy 1904–1996 · socialite -
Agnes Prest d. 1557
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Thomas Peckett Prest 1810–1859 · writer
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Edward Prest 1824–
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Edward Prest 1830–1903 · cricketer
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Stanley Faber Prest 1858–1931
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prest.
- 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
- Presson 2,271 · U.S. census
- Presta 579 · U.S. census
- Prestel 195 · U.S. census
- Presti 1,099 · U.S. census
- Prete 1,024 · U.S. census
- Preti 173 · U.S. census
- Preto 242 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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