Mainprice Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Mainprice Surname Definition:
Offic. or nick. 'the mainprize,' i.e. (1) one who is security for another, or (2) one who has found sureties for his appearance on the proper day: a prisoner at large. 'Mainprize, one who is bail-pledge, or security for another person': Bailey's Dict.
Read More About This SurnameMainprice Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 49 | 1:497,457 | 27,315 |
Mainprice Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Offic. or nick. 'the mainprize,' i.e. (1) one who is security for another, or (2) one who has found sureties for his appearance on the proper day: a prisoner at large. 'Mainprize, one who is bail-pledge, or security for another person': Bailey's Dict., (v. Outlaw). Mimpriss was an inevitable modification or corruption. In another form it occurs as early as 1440, 'Maynprysed, menprisyd (maymprysyd or memprisyd), manucaptus, fidejussus': Promptorium Parvulorum Anentry below exactly corresponds to one of these forms.
1625. Buried — Roberte, s. Thomas Memprisse: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1659. Married — Isaack Mempris and Mary Allen: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1663. — William Morgan and Elizabeth Mempris: St. Dionis Backchurch.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Surety [French main, Latin manus, the hand + prise, a taking, from pp. pris of prendre, to take; Latin prehendere]
From mean-prâz, the stony meadow. Hence the surname Mimpriss.
Mainprice Demographics
Average Mainprice Salary in
United States
$85,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mainprice Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mainprice Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mainprice is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mainprice click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mainprice? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Mainprice are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.
It is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England Mainprice is most frequent in: Greater London, where 33 percent live, Hampshire, where 26 percent live and Suffolk, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account England this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.
Mainprice Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mainprice has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Mainprice surname fell 45 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mainprice Last Name Statistics demography
Mainprice earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 97.57% more than the national average, earning $85,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mainprize | 89 | 977 | / |
| Mainprise | 89 | 9 | / |
| Maunprize | 78 | 1 | / |
| Manpris | 75 | 8 | / |
| Mavrice | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mabriche | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mimprise | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mabrickie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mavrici | 63 | 168 | / |
| Mevrice | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mabrike | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mimpres | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mimpress | 59 | 28 | / |
| Mimpriss | 59 | 8 | / |
| Maibreki | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mebruiche | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mavriqi | 50 | 661 | / |
| Mavriçi | 50 | 23 | / |
| Mabresa | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mabriki | 50 | 4 | / |
| Mabreka | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mibrika | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mabreke | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mavrizi | 50 | 1 | / |
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