Priddy Surname

59,785th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Priddy Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Priddy,' a parish in Somerset, four miles from Wells. The surname is familiar to the district. Not to be confounded with Prideaux.

1792. Married — Abraham Priddy and Mary Pain: St.

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Priddy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,4231:48,8295,916
England4181:133,29713,123
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Australia671:402,92132,505
New Zealand611:74,23510,965
Wales311:99,8247,946
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Sierra Leone161:443,102516
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Norway61:857,04855,549
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jersey11:99,2026,620
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2951:82,6288,808
Wales341:46,1302,397
Jersey91:5,7651,004
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8971:55,9856,260

Priddy (29) may also be a first name.

Priddy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Priddy,' a parish in Somerset, four miles from Wells. The surname is familiar to the district. Not to be confounded with Prideaux.

1792. Married — Abraham Priddy and Mary Pain: St. George, Hanover Square.

1805. — Thomas Flint and Ann Pridaey: ibid.

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

(? 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

Priddy, a parish in co. Somerset. The name has been rather fancifully derived from Prie-Dieu.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Somerset.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Priddy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Priddy is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Priddy? popularity and diffusion

Priddy is the 59,785th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 863,965 people. The surname Priddy is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Priddy reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Priddy is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 29 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 7,423 people, or 1 in 48,829. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 16 percent live, Kentucky, where 14 percent live and North Carolina, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Ghana, where 4 percent live.

Priddy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Priddy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Priddy last name expanded 828 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 142 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 9 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Priddy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Priddy are 26.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.12% being registered with the political party.

The amount Priddy earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 17.65% less than the national average, earning 284,994 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.56% less than the national average, earning $41,182 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.03% more than the national average, earning $49,696 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Pridday928/
Prieddy921/
Preiddy921/
Pridy91178/
Preddy831,832/
Priday831,047/
Pridey8378/
Pridde833/
Pridda832/
Pryddy831/
Pridiy831/
Priddi831/
Priedy831/
Priody831/
Pruddy831/
Prided831/
Praidy830/
Priddis77379/
Priddie7777/
Preddey7765/
Priddee7727/
Priddes7717/
Phriday7716/
Preidys7711/
Praiddi775/
Priedda771/
Ppreddy771/
Prithdy770/
Pridder770/
Preaddy770/
Pride7310,636/
Prida733,020/
Pridi732,104/
Predy73254/
Prudy7357/
Prydy734/
Priddeth712/
Priede673,681/
Preedy671,636/
Preida67419/
Prydyi67287/
Pridie67256/
Priode67161/
Prideh67130/
Prider67113/
Predyi6776/
Proida6776/
Pready6768/
Prudiy6758/
Pridge6756/
Prudey6751/
Pridet6751/
Pridea6745/
Prides6734/
Pridit6731/
Preide6728/
Praide6727/
Prediy6719/
Predey6719/
Predyt6719/
Preddi6716/
Pridez6715/
Pruddi6711/
Pridee6710/
Priodi678/
Praidi678/
Proide675/
Predys675/
Prieda673/
Praida673/
Phridi673/
Predoy672/
Predyd672/
Preidi672/
Priedi671/
Predde671/
Pridhi671/
Pridis671/
Pruidi671/
Proidi671/
Prjdey671/
Pridio671/
Predyś671/
Pruday670/
Phride670/
Preday670/

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