Proctor Surname

7,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72,141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Anguilla

Proctor Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the proctor,' an attorney in a spiritual court. 'Proketowre, procurator': Promptorium Parvulorum.

Thomas le Procurator, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John le Procuratour.

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Proctor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States47,7591:7,589905
England12,3641:4,506617
Australia3,8711:6,9741,024
Canada3,2671:11,2781,688
Scotland1,2071:4,436769
New Zealand6621:6,8401,156
South Africa5361:101,07812,246
Wales4571:6,771755
Northern Ireland4071:4,533884
Ireland2801:16,8181,848
Thailand1351:523,24790,840
Botswana1271:17,2203,386
Anguilla1221:11019
Nigeria711:2,494,96882,261
Dominica541:1,405259
United States Virgin Islands521:2,123361
Spain491:954,12336,393
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Trinidad and Tobago391:34,9743,476
Antigua and Barbuda351:2,833434
Philippines351:2,892,521138,859
Guyana331:23,0982,756
Isle of Man311:2,768564
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Saint Kitts and Nevis281:1,971329
Bermuda241:2,720427
Mexico201:6,206,31032,158
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
France171:3,907,219231,005
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Panama161:244,5166,353
Israel151:570,50941,023
Belgium131:884,35769,774
India121:63,922,115578,870
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Finland81:687,08836,047
Saint Martin81:4,394114
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
China71:195,331,65210,124
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Jersey51:19,8403,614
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Egypt31:30,645,251132,600
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Gabon21:944,5976,773
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Sri Lanka21:10,404,28018,448
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4591:9,6511,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,0121:4,054590
Scotland7401:5,058782
Wales961:16,338975
Isle of Man211:2,584307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,2911:6,057761

Proctor (548) may also be a first name.

Proctor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the proctor,' an attorney in a spiritual court. 'Proketowre, procurator': Promptorium Parvulorum.

Thomas le Procurator, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John le Procuratour. Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum.

William le Procuratur, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Willelmus Proktour, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1579. Edward Proctor and Effie Shewte: Marriage Lic. (London).

1625. Baptised — Ann, d. John Procter: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

A contraction of 'procurator,' from ME. prok(e)tour (AF. procurator, OF. procurator, Vulg. Latin procuratorem), manager, agent, steward.

"For I make Piers the Plowman My procuratoer and my reve."

Piers Plowman. Gavin Proctor became apprentice in the smithy of the abbey in 1474 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 308), and James Proctor is recorded in Easter Whitewreath, 1688 (Moray).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Anglo-French-Latin) Proctor, Procurator [Middle English prok(e)tour, a contraction of procuratour; Old French procurator, Latin procurator, manager, agential administrator] For I make Piers the Plowman My procuratour and my reve.—Piers Plowman, 13471-2. Willelmus Proktour.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Lawyer in a Church Court” in Old English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who acted an attorney in an ecclesiastical court.

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

Latin procurator. One who acts for another, or takes care of his interest. One who collected alms for lepers, or others unable to do it themselves. Halliwell. According to Kennett, beggars of any kind were called Proctors. This explains the curious inscription over Richard Watt's hospital at Rochester, founded in 1579, which declares that "six poor travellers may receive lodging, entertainment, and fourpence each, for one night, provided they are not Rogues nor Proctors."

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Proctor Last Name Facts

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

Proctor is found most in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Proctor.

How Common Is The Last Name Proctor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,876th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 101,018 people. The last name Proctor is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Proctor live; 70 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. Proctor is also the 359,856th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 548 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 47,759 people, or 1 in 7,589. In The United States it is most common in: Maryland, where 10 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 97 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Proctor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Proctor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Proctor last name grew 576 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 206 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 163 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 476 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 39 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Proctor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (45%) in Ireland.

In The United States Proctor are 5.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.7% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Proctor earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.47% more than the national average, earning R 450,252 per year; in United States they earn 1.8% less than the national average, earning $42,373 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning $50,846 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Procstor932/
Prroctor931/
Proector931/
Procttor931/
Proctorr931/
Proctoor931/
Prochtor930/
Practor8617/
Proktor8613/
Proctar865/
Pructor861/
Proctur861/
Proctorová823/
Proektor8046/
Practoor8022/
Prachtor808/
Pracktor800/
Proktar711/
Practur711/
Praktoor675/
Proudstar633/
Praktur572/
Prakhtar531/

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Proctor Reference & Research

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