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

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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
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Mainprise Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mainprise is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mainprise? popularity and diffusion

Mainprise is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Mainprise live; 89 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Mainprise is most numerous in: City of Bristol, where 75 percent are found, Somerset, where 13 percent are found and Greater London, where 13 percent are found. Other than England this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Mainprise Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mainprise has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Mainprise surname fell 27 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mainprize89977/
Mainprice8954/
Manpris888/
Mimprise820/
Maunprize781/
Mimpriss718/
Mimpres631/
Mavrice631/
Mimpress5928/
Mabriche592/
Mampreza591/
Mabritsi591/
Mabrishi591/
Mavrici50168/
Mavriçi5023/
Mabresa504/
Mevrice501/
Mavrizi501/
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