Prichard is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Wales. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prichard
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Ireland, Wales
Meaning:

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

The son of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

The is the variant form of the Pritchard. The son of Richard meaning "rule, hard".

A variant form of Pritchard. Ap-Richard; the son of Richard.

How popular is Prichard?

Prichard is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Wales, New Zealand.

Prichard is ranked 46065 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Prichard bearers increased by 2.91 per cent in 2010 US census to 6400 since 2000, the surname slipped by 268 spots and ranked at 5438. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.33 94.36
Black 2.77 2.67
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.21
Others 1.45 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.47
Prichard is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 11264 people have been found who wears Prichard as their family name. Prichard is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Prichard:
5,019 United States8,872
6,694 England1,011
Countries with hundreds of Prichard:
7,107 Australia462
13,264 Canada290
1,280 Wales269
4,427 New Zealand179
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
78,799 South Africa35
14,725 Qatar19
63,384 Spain16
63,831 Zimbabwe15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
20,332 Scotland10
111,742 Malaysia10
684,495 India9
8,933 China8
116,183 Sweden6
35,997 Chile6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Michael Prichard from Ireland aboard the Liberty from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on December 2, 1848. Workwoman Mary Prichard, 26 years old John Prichard, 54 years old Hugh Prichard, Mary Prichard (52) , Thomas Prichard, aged 30, James Prichard, aged 20, Jose Prichard, aged 22, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Carnavon and Wales.

Prichard Namesakes

  • James Cowles Prichard, British physician and ethnologist with broad interests
  • Caradog Prichard, Welsh poet and novelist writing in Welsh
  • Paul Prichard, English cricket coach and retired cricketer
  • Rowland Prichard, Welsh musician
  • Rhys Prichard, Welsh clergyman and poet
  • Harold Arthur Prichard, English philosopher
  • Robert Prichard, Canadian lawyer, economist, and academic
  • Tom Prichard, retired American professional wrestler and author
  • Bruce Prichard, professional wrestling personality perhaps best known as a manager and producer for World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia

Prichard Namesakes

  • James Cowles Prichard, British physician and ethnologist with broad interests
  • Caradog Prichard, Welsh poet and novelist writing in Welsh
  • Paul Prichard, English cricket coach and retired cricketer
  • Rowland Prichard, Welsh musician
  • Rhys Prichard, Welsh clergyman and poet
  • Harold Arthur Prichard, English philosopher
  • Robert Prichard, Canadian lawyer, economist, and academic
  • Tom Prichard, retired American professional wrestler and author
  • Bruce Prichard, professional wrestling personality perhaps best known as a manager and producer for World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and co-founding member of the Communist Party of Australia

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