Prose
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Pröse, from a short form of the personal name Ambrose.
Proper noun edit
Prose (plural Proses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Prose is the 41426th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 525 individuals. Prose is most common among White (94.1%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Prose”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.