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

Family Name / Last Name: Pries
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Rare German name in France. Alternative: Priess. Two possibilities: either a place name designating birch (Slavic root breakage, fiber) or a derivative of the verb preisen (= praise, flatter).

How popular is Pries?

Pries is common in United States.

Pries is ranked 63940 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Prieses plummeted by 12.05788 per cent to 1094 since 2000 and slipped by 3315 spots and ranked at 23283. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.61 94.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.01 2.57
Others 1.19 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0
Pries is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 7145 people have been found who wears Pries as their family name. Pries is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
607,991 Indonesia5
46,707 New Zealand5
11,532 Croatia3
17,547 Colombia2
23,344 Austria2
124,220 Italy2
1,500,361 India2
9,272 Ecuador2
492,292 Ukraine1
38,841 Scotland1
277,603 France1
56,169 Mexico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
23,537 Switzerland45
107,506 England27
21,901 Chile27
42,407 Sweden22
71,920 Spain22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,959 Netherlands80
38,122 Australia56
Countries with hundreds of Pries:
26,547 Brazil461
13,560 Canada279
3,489 Denmark172
Countries with thousands of Pries:
1,895 Germany4,270
20,070 United States1,601
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Osterli Pries from Italy aboard the Rugia from Hamburg on October 28, 1889. She is registered to be 23 years old when she arrived in USA.

Comments

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Nicholas Shaikh
 This name is Gallo-Roman ancient form of the name is: priscus praejectus or justification for this name: saint price, bishop of Clermont (674) gave praejectus: price, Prejet, project, perst, priest locality 4 st-project, 5 st-price, 22 st-priest, 11 st-perst, 3 st-Préjet.

Pries Namesakes

  • Christopher Priest, Novelist
  • Timothy Priestley, Joseph Priestley's brother
  • Akeem Priestley, Soccer player
  • Robert Priest, Poet
  • Sally Priesand, Rabbi
  • Rick Priestley, Author
  • Aquiles Priester, Drummer
  • Christopher Priest, Writer
  • Dana Priest, Journalist
  • Sally Priesand, Rabbi

Pries Namesakes

  • Christopher Priest, Novelist
  • Timothy Priestley, Joseph Priestley's brother
  • Akeem Priestley, Soccer player
  • Robert Priest, Poet
  • Sally Priesand, Rabbi
  • Rick Priestley, Author
  • Aquiles Priester, Drummer
  • Christopher Priest, Writer
  • Dana Priest, Journalist
  • Sally Priesand, Rabbi

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