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Popularity order:
1 - 10,001
40,001 - 50,001
80,001 - 90,001
120,001 - 130,001
10,001 - 20,001
50,001 - 60,001
90,001 - 100,001
130,001 - 140,001
20,001 - 30,001
60,001 - 70,001
100,001 - 110,001
140,001 - 150,001
30,001 - 40,001
70,001 - 80,001
110,001 - 120,001
150,001 - 151,671

Last Name PRIEST


Meaning The priest.
Origin English, Irish
Rank 2,309 (2000 US census) 2,183 (1990 US census)
Count 14,350 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

By the 2000 US Census 89.99%, or 12914 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white, 5.78%, or 829 total occurrences, as black, 0.49%, or 70 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander, 0.79%, or 113 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan, 1.44%, or 207 total occurrences, as two or more races, and 1.52%, or 218 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least pop...

American Surnames

One could claim that American surnames are very straightforward to describe and identify. Due to the way this country was formed, having people coming here from all over the world, the surnames simply represent all those people of different nationalities. So, we are don...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

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