Priday Surname

348,836th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,047 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Priday Surname Definition:

(? Celtic) belonging to Priddy (Soms.) [Early forms lacking, nothing definite can be said of the origin of the name: it may poss. be from Welsh pridd, clay, esp.

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Priday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4071:136,89913,394
United States2921:1,241,29887,773
Wales1271:24,3662,557
Australia1091:247,66722,912
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
France21:33,211,361423,184
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Brunei11:418,7313,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1811:134,67112,361
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Priday Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(? Celtic) belonging to Priddy (Soms.) [Early forms lacking, nothing definite can be said of the origin of the name: it may poss. be from Welsh pridd, clay, esp. as there seems to have been a hamlet called Prid in Devonshire in mediæval times; and Pridd- occurs in Welsh place-names]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The Pridays of Gloucestershire are probably connected with the old Evesham family of Preedy, across the Worcestershire border, which supplied nine mayors to that town between 1716 and 1825 (May's "Evesham").

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Priday Last Name Facts

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

The last name Priday (Russian: Придай) occurs most in England. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Priday click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Priday? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 348,836th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 6,960,407 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 53 percent of Priday are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Priday is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 136,899. In England it is most common in: Gloucestershire, where 26 percent live, Herefordshire, where 10 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 9 percent live. Excluding England it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and Wales, where 12 percent live.

Priday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Priday has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Priday last name expanded 225 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 730 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,155 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Priday Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Priday last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Priday earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 107.06% more than the national average, earning R 492,048 per year; in United States they earn 10.71% more than the national average, earning $47,770 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.7% more than the national average, earning $59,968 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phriday9216/
Pridday928/
Prida913,020/
Pridy91178/
Pridayat868/
Priddy838,435/
Preida83419/
Pridap83367/
Pridas83111/
Prisda8390/
Pridey8378/
Proida8376/
Pridat8361/
Pridea8345/
Prioda837/
Pridah837/
Prieda833/
Praida833/
Pridda832/
Pridiy831/
Priedy831/
Priody831/
Preday830/
Pruday830/
Praidy830/
Priddey77452/
Priddat7714/
Preidys7711/
Pridaux773/
Pridats773/
Preiddy771/
Prieddy771/
Proidat771/
Priedda771/
Prithdy770/
Preda7346,021/
Pride7310,636/
Pridi732,104/
Predy73254/
Préda73144/
Prudy7357/
Pryda7328/
Pruda7322/
Prydy734/
Prêda732/
Pridawet714/
Phraidat713/
Priedaja712/
Pridhiya711/
Priede673,681/
Preddy671,832/
Preedy671,636/
Predas67437/
Pridie67256/
Preeda67254/
Preyda67239/
Przeda67187/
Priode67161/
Prajda67137/
Prideh67130/
Prider67113/
Pready6768/
Proyda6761/
Prudiy6758/
Pridge6756/
Prudey6751/
Pridet6751/
Prides6734/
Pridit6731/
Predea6730/
Preide6728/
Praide6727/
Pridue6720/
Prediy6719/
Predey6719/
Predyt6719/
Pridez6715/
Pridee6710/
Praidi678/
Priodi678/
Prydye677/
Proide675/
Predys675/
Predat673/
Phridi673/
Pridde673/
Predad673/
Prayda672/
Predah672/
Predoy672/
Predyd672/
Preidi672/
Pryddy671/
Prudda671/
Priddi671/
Pridhi671/
Priedi671/
Prueda671/
Pruidi671/
Proidi671/
Pruddy671/
Phreda671/
Prjdey671/
Pridio671/
Pridis671/
Praydi671/
Predyś671/
Projda671/
Preedayut671/
Prided671/
Presda670/
Phride670/

Priday Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Priday in the Russian language
Придайpridaj-

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