The meaning of the Pritchett Surname is both patronymic and metonymic. As with Pritchard, it was an Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhisiart ‘son of Richard’. The other form of origin comes from the English, a diminutive of Middle English prik(e), prich ‘point’, ‘prick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of any of various pointed instruments, or a nickname for a tall, thin man.
PRITCHETT Surname Facts:
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Frequency Comparisons |
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Total |
Rank |
Frequency % |
Per million people |
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Great Britain |
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United Kingdom (current) |
1193 |
4544 |
0.003 |
26 |
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United Kingdom (1881 census) |
715 |
5133 |
0.002 |
24 |
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Change since 1881 |
+478 |
+589 |
+0.001 |
+2 |
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Other Countries |
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United States |
24306 |
1613 |
0.008 |
80 |
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Australia |
228 |
6683 |
0.001 |
14 |