# Pritchard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pritchard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Welsh.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,549 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,523 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,111 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.2% (23,606 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃɚd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Prichard |

## Etymology

Anglicised from Welsh patronymic prefix ap + Richard.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pritchard in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pritchard in the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Kingdom of Great Britain and Canada.

## People named Pritchard

- Payton Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1998)
- John Pritchard, British conductor (1921–1989)
- Charles Pritchard, British astronomer (1808–1893)
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard, American politician (1857-1921)
- Hannah Pritchard, British actress
- Kevin Pritchard, American basketball player, coach, executive
- Lauren Pritchard, American singer, songwriter and actress
- James Pritchard, Australian rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer
- David Pritchard, British chess player, chess writer, and indoor games consultant (1919–2005)
- Mike Dirnt, American musician

## Similar surnames

Prichard, Pritchett, Pritts, Pritzker, Paredes, Paradis, Pridgen, Paradise, Portis, Portugal, Paradiso, Paredez.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.