How common is the surname Pritchard?

23,549 people in the United States had the surname Pritchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,111 Americans. It ranked 1,523rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pritchard?

Payton Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1998), followed by John Pritchard.

Where is the surname Pritchard most common?

Wikidata records people named Pritchard in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Pritchard?

Pritchard is /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃɚd/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Pritchard getting more or less common?

Less common. 23,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,549 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Pritchard

A Welsh patronymic surname, carried by 23,549 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃɚd/ 2 syllables Soundex P632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pritchard is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

Anglicised from Welsh patronymic prefix ap + Richard.

Pritchard is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,549 people named Pritchard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,111 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 23,606.

#1,523

rank among US surnames

23,549

people in 2010

8.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,514	Bowles	23,713	13,020
#1,515	Payton	23,670	13,044
#1,516	Chappell	23,634	13,064
#1,517	Amos	23,621	13,071
#1,518	Hagen	23,616	13,074
#1,519	Phipps	23,610	13,077
#1,520	Self	23,595	13,085

Who is named Pritchard

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Pritchard identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pritchards

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1711–1768
Kevin Pritchard
American basketball player, coach, executive, born 1967
Lauren Pritchard
American singer, songwriter and actress, born 1987
James Pritchard
Australian rugby union footballer and coach, and rugby league footballer, born 1979
David Pritchard
British chess player, chess writer, and indoor games consultant (1919–2005)
Mike Dirnt
American musician, born 1972

Notable Pritchards come mostly from the United States (5), the United Kingdom (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Prichard

Surnames that sound like Pritchard

Pritchard has the Soundex code P632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P632.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pritchard come from?: Anglicised from Welsh patronymic prefix ap + Richard.
How common is the surname Pritchard?: 23,549 people in the United States had the surname Pritchard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,111 Americans. It ranked 1,523rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pritchard?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Pritchard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pritchard?: Payton Pritchard, American basketball player (born 1998), followed by John Pritchard.
Where is the surname Pritchard most common?: Wikidata records people named Pritchard in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Pritchard?: Pritchard is /ˈpɹɪt͡ʃɚd/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Pritchard?: Pritchard is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Pritchard getting more or less common?: Less common. 23,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,549 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Pritchard?: Prichard.