Pritchard Surname

7,063rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 80,383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Pritchard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Ap-Richard (i.e. the son of Richard), a well-known Welsh surname with several variants.

'Item, geven to William ap-Richard W.,' 1536: Privy Purse Exp., Princess Mary.

David Aprycharde, 1521: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Pritchard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31,3281:11,5701,444
England23,3981:2,381303
Wales7,9531:38930
Australia7,8421:3,442485
Canada4,2931:8,5831,279
New Zealand1,4911:3,037462
South Africa8871:61,0807,710
Scotland8331:6,4271,017
Bahamas4491:872169
Northern Ireland2621:7,0421,234
Spain1591:294,03817,827
Argentina1271:336,56226,540
Thailand951:743,562121,778
Guyana831:9,1831,429
Germany821:981,77468,040
Ireland801:58,8623,980
Zimbabwe741:208,62523,867
Trinidad and Tobago671:20,3582,366
Liberia571:77,3436,506
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
Singapore511:107,9944,447
France411:1,620,066149,911
American Samoa391:1,430249
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
United Arab Emirates361:254,50817,423
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
Guernsey291:2,222539
Jersey291:3,421664
Brazil281:7,645,512174,288
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Guam251:6,405908
Norway241:214,26224,079
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Philippines221:4,601,737165,269
Malta181:23,9041,289
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Croatia171:248,74126,882
Hong Kong171:431,4993,260
Costa Rica161:298,7543,169
Isle of Man161:5,3641,196
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Jamaica151:191,3305,833
Austria131:655,03358,041
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
China71:195,331,65210,124
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
India51:153,413,076951,030
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41:28,1651,050
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Bangladesh21:79,678,38625,993
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Montserrat21:2,474299
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2911:15,2231,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9,4381:2,583374
Wales5,7161:27432
Scotland2441:15,3411,691
Isle of Man271:2,010260
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,0011:10,0421,293

Pritchard (520) may also be a first name.

Pritchard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Ap-Richard (i.e. the son of Richard), a well-known Welsh surname with several variants.

'Item, geven to William ap-Richard W.,' 1536: Privy Purse Exp., Princess Mary.

David Aprycharde, 1521: Register of the University of Oxford.

William Prichard, or Ap-Richard, 1545: ibid.

Thomas Prichett, London, 1616: ibid.

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

(Celtic + Teutonic) for the Welsh Ap-Richard\ Son of Richard, q.v. [Well ap, son] See Prichard.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Son of Richard” in Welsh (Ap. Richard).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Welsh) The son of Richard (rule, hard).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Ap-Richard; the son of Richard. See AP.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Welsh, Ap-Richard.

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

User-submitted Reference

(English, Scottish) This surname means 'son of Richard'.

- dinn315

Pritchard Last Name Facts

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

Pritchard (Arabic: برتشارد, Russian: Притчард) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pritchard? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,063rd most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 90,660 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 42 percent of Pritchard are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 370,386th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 520 people.

The surname Pritchard is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 31,328 people, or 1 in 11,570. In The United States Pritchard is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and New York, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name exists in 104 countries. It also occurs in England, where 29 percent are found and Wales, where 10 percent are found.

Pritchard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pritchard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pritchard surname increased 626 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 139 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 341 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pritchard Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States Pritchard are 18.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.26% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pritchard earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.81% less than the national average, earning 312,133 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.5% more than the national average, earning R 345,756 per year; in United States they earn 1.16% more than the national average, earning $43,651 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.17% more than the national average, earning $53,742 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pritchard Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pritchard in the Russian language
Притчардpritcard-
Pritchard in the Arabic language
برتشاردbrtshard-
بريتشاردbrytshard-

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Pritchard Reference & Research

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