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

The Prudent surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 408 people carried this name — #51,066 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is up 25% from 327 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,340 people named Prudent.

25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Saône-et-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 25
Saône-et-Loire 317
Martinique 162
Jura 153
Haute-Marne 81
Paris 68
Rhône 55
Côte-d’Or 50
Haute-Saône 45

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

42 people named Prudent live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 26
Valais 9
Geneva 7

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 26 people named Prudent live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Prudent,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Émile Prudent
    Émile Prudent 1817–1863 · composer
  • Albert Prudent 1948– · politician
  • Didier Prudent 1956– · politician
  • Dominique Prudent 1965– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Prudent.

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