Prier is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prier
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name worn in Brittany (44, 35). Could be a pri Breton derivative (= clay mortar) and the nickname of a mason. One can also consider a variant of Prieur (qv).

How popular is Prier?

Prier is common in United States.

Prier is ranked 162058 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Priers plummeted by 15.35836 per cent to 744 since 2000 and slipped by 5021 spots and ranked at 31184. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.04 76.11
Black 23.52 17.63
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.14
Others 1.48 3.75
Prier is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 2275 people have been found who wears Prier as their family name. Prier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
59,967 Moldova4
131,225 Spain2
30,360 Thailand1
1,704,541 India1
25,721 Egypt1
37,493 Austria1
81,201 Switzerland1
165,773 Belarus1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
91,024 Belgium1
47,891 Norway1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,773 Denmark39
53,804 Australia35
331,856 Russia21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,298 England65
Countries with hundreds of Prier:
31,047 Germany336
30,009 France331
20,120 Canada178
7,143 New Zealand102
Countries with thousands of Prier:
26,482 United States1,153

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Henry Prier worked as brass founder and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from London on Mississippi and arrived on April 20, 1850. 34 years old Charlotte Prier, Painter Michael Prier, Patk. Prier (17) Clerk, Immigrant Mary Prier, Immigrant Biddy Prier, Infant Emma Prier, John Prier, aged 16, Patrick Prier, 6 years old Francis Prier, are other Prier that migrated to US.

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