Priest is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Priest
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name fairly common in the Saône-et-Loire. It is a Christian name (Latin Praejectus) popularized by Saint Priest: Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne in the seventh century he founded several monasteries and a hospital. As it had excommunicated the Count of Auvergne for an abduction he had committed, to discredit the prelate, the count brought hideous slander with the king who summoned the bishop. The truth broke out and the kidnapper was beheaded. Like Saint Priest returned to his diocese in the village of Volvic, he was stopped by a bunch of thieves in the pay of the family of the beheaded. They killed Marin (or Amarin), who accompanied the bishop, thinking it was him. By the time they moved away, Saint Priest signaled their error. They shot him in turn.

How popular is Priest?

Priest is common in United States.

Priest is ranked 17316 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Priest bearers increased by 3.937282 per cent in 2010 US census to 14915 since 2000, the surname slipped by 121 spots and ranked at 2430. The last name was found in around 51 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.11 89.99
Black 6.11 5.78
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.52
Others 2.02 1.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.49
Priest is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 30229 people have been found who wears Priest as their family name. Priest is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
23,739 Nigeria5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
32,086 Mexico3
14,054 China3
16,136 Kenya3
3,340 Jamaica3
35,789 Turkey3
25,074 Greece3
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
5,139 Bolivia2
34,681 Norway2
6,103 Cyprus2
162 Cook Islands2
34,572 Israel2
139,444 Brazil2
124,220 Italy2
1,118 Isle of Man2
95,312 Argentina2
4,367 Afghanistan2
24,460 Armenia1
11,486 Estonia1
25,721 Egypt1
810,193 Indonesia1
9,591 Panama1
2,505 Congo1
24,771 Colombia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
37,493 Austria1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,292 Vietnam1
20,172 Hungary1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
4,171 Rwanda1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
3,275 Nepal1
5,872 Namibia1
40,340 Malaysia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
13,447 Uganda1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
6,376 Singapore47
4,813 Hong Kong47
33,012 Belgium45
6,873 Ireland44
52,316 Spain36
28,564 Switzerland36
32,811 Sweden29
8,720 Qatar29
5,663 Thailand18
460,058 India17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
Countries with hundreds of Priest:
841 New Zealand821
14,184 South Africa438
27,922 France355
31,047 Germany336
2,233 Scotland315
1,678 Wales237
12,079 Netherlands235
Countries with thousands of Priest:
1,371 England5,765
1,168 Australia2,713
3,711 Canada1,245
Countries with ten thousands of Priest:
2,341 United States17,216
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edw. Priest was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 16, 1849. He lived in England where he worked as miner and took Arrick from Liverpool. U Priest (30) Immigrant, Workwoman Ann Priest, 46 years old James Priest, Immigrant Julia Priest, Ath. Priest (25) Immigrant, 35 years old Mary Priest, John Priest, aged 3, Margt. Priest, aged Born at sea, and 1 other Priest around 60% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Comments

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Sophia Culbreath
Priest is a variant of perst, former Christian name and surname, represents the Latin name priscus, derived from the adjective priscus very old, popularized by a martyr of Auxerre.

Priest Namesakes

  • In 0, Lee Priest played the role of Dingo in action and comedy film Ridgy Didge.

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