Mainprise Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Mainprise 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.

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Mainprise Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354

Mainprise 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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Surety [French main, Latin manus, the hand + prise, a taking, from pp. pris of prendre, to take; Latin prehendere]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From mean-prâz, the stony meadow. Hence the surname Mimpriss.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Mainprise Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mainprise Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mainprise is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mainprise? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mainprise is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Mainprise occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Mainprise reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is primarily concentrated in: City of Bristol, where 75 percent reside, Somerset, where 13 percent reside and Greater London, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Mainprise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mainprise has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Mainprise surname contracted 27 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mainprize89977/
Mainprice8954/
Manpris888/
Mimprise820/
Maunprize781/
Mimpriss718/
Mimpres631/
Mavrice631/
Mimpress5928/
Mabriche592/
Mampreza591/
Mabritsi591/
Mabrishi591/
Mavrici50168/
Mavriçi5023/
Mabresa504/
Mevrice501/
Mavrizi501/

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