Find out how popular the last name Prachar is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Prachar.

Prachar, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Prachar surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Prachar in America

Prachar is the 80419th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Prachar surname appeared 236 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Prachar.

We can also compare 2010 data for Prachar to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Prachar

The surname Prachar has its origins in the Czech Republic and is believed to have emerged in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is thought to be derived from the Czech word "pračat," which means "to throw" or "to hurl." This suggests that the name may have initially referred to someone who engaged in a profession or activity that involved throwing or hurling objects.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Prachar can be found in the records of the town of Plzeň, located in the western part of the Czech Republic. In a document dated 1521, a man named Jan Prachar is mentioned as a resident of the town. This provides evidence that the name was already in use during that period.

In the 17th century, the Prachar surname appears in various records from different regions of the Czech lands. For example, in 1632, a man named Václav Prachar is listed as a landowner in the village of Stříbrnice, near the city of Chrudim. This indicates that by this time, the name had spread to other parts of the country.

One notable figure with the surname Prachar was Jan Nepomuk Prachar, a Czech architect and builder who lived from 1790 to 1865. He was responsible for the construction of several notable buildings in Prague, including the Church of St. Michael the Archangel and the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul.

Another individual of note was Antonín Prachar, a Czech writer and journalist who was born in 1865 and died in 1935. He was known for his novels and short stories that depicted life in rural Bohemia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the late 19th century, the name Prachar can be found in records from various towns and villages across the Czech lands. For instance, in 1880, a man named František Prachar is listed as a resident of the town of Nová Paka, located in the Hradec Králové Region.

Another individual worth mentioning is Oldřich Prachar, a Czech mathematician and university professor who lived from 1905 to 1976. He made significant contributions to the field of differential geometry and was a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences.

While the surname Prachar is predominantly found in the Czech Republic, it has also been recorded in other parts of Central Europe, such as Slovakia and Austria, likely due to migration patterns and historical connections between these regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Prachar

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Prachar.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Prachar was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Prachar has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Prachar was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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