Pridmore Surname

124,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Pridmore Surname Definition:

From the Danish, Bredmore; a personal name.

Pridmore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5331:236,43822,681
England1,2691:43,9075,570
Australia4201:64,2757,702
Canada1881:195,98719,219
Wales1181:26,2252,724
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Switzerland211:391,09129,271
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
France21:33,211,361423,184
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6791:35,8994,674
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2001:251,09320,779

Pridmore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Danish, Bredmore; a personal name.

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

Pridmore has long been a Leicestershire name. The Pridmores held property in the parish of Claybrook in the last and in the present century (M. and N). There lived a family of this name at Desford last century (B.). William Pridmore held property in Sharnford in 1811; Thomas Pridmore was a Billesdon freeholder in 1775; John Pridmore was a free - holder in Horninghold in 1630 (N.). John Pridmore of Stockerston was married at Glooston in 1703 (H. L.).

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

Pridmore Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pridmore is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pridmore? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pridmore is the 124,685th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,993,857 people. The surname Pridmore occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Pridmore live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Pridmore is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,533 people, or 1 in 236,438. In The United States it is mostly found in: Alabama, where 17 percent live, California, where 15 percent live and South Carolina, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in England, where 35 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Pridmore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pridmore has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pridmore last name rose 767 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 3,933 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pridmore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pridmore are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.

The amount Pridmore earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.63% more than the national average, earning $43,421 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.29% more than the national average, earning $49,825 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Priedmore943/
Pridmoore940/
Preidmore940/
Pridmor930/
Predmore881,998/
Pridmare881/
Prudmore880/
Preadmore8248/
Prredmore821/
Predmor801/
Predmord751/

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Pridmore Reference & Research

Pr-more DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Pr-more FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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