Pries Surname
Approximately 8,323 people bear this surname
Pries Surname Definition:
(English) One who performed sacerdotal functions; one whose function, behaviour, spirit or appearance resembled that of a priest.
Pries Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Germany | 5,435 | 1:14,812 | 1,929 |
United States | 1,759 | 1:206,060 | 20,213 |
Canada | 341 | 1:108,052 | 11,605 |
Brazil | 241 | 1:888,275 | 31,950 |
Denmark | 124 | 1:45,522 | 4,753 |
Netherlands | 123 | 1:137,294 | 21,086 |
Paraguay | 48 | 1:150,766 | 3,103 |
Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
Austria | 25 | 1:340,617 | 36,996 |
England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 280 | 1:179,352 | 15,996 |
The alternate forms: Prieś (1) are calculated separately.
Pries (78) may also be a first name.
Pries Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One who performed sacerdotal functions; one whose function, behaviour, spirit or appearance resembled that of a priest.
Pries Demographics
Pries Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Pries Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pries Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pries (Hindi: प्रिेस, Marathi: पीरीस, Oriya: ପିଏ) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Prieś. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pries? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pries is the 60,522nd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 875,591 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Pries reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Pries is also the 1,091,646th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 78 people.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 5,435 people, or 1 in 14,812. In Germany it is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 40 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live and Hamburg, where 8 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 38 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Pries Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pries has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 628 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 333 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pries Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Methodist (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Pries surname are 16.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.39% being registered with the party.
The amount Pries earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 21.33% more than the national average, earning 419,910 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning $43,961 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.08% less than the national average, earning $48,155 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pries Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Pries in the Oriya language | ||
ପିଏ | pi'e | - |
Pries in the Marathi language | ||
पीरीस | pirisa | - |
Pries in the Hindi language | ||
प्रिेस | priesa | 66.67 |
प्रिएस | pri'esa | 33.33 |
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