The surname Pry
A surname, carried by 1,343 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex P600
Origin
* As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Prey, from Ó Préith, probably from na préith (“of the cattle-spoil”) (compare Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”)). * As a German surname, a spelling variant of Prey, from breu (“brew”); see brauen. Comparable to the surname Preyer.
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How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,343 people named Pry in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,412.
Who is named Pry
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Pry identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Pry
Pry has the Soundex code P600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P600.
Questions
- Where does the surname Pry come from?
- * As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Prey, from Ó Préith, probably from na préith (“of the cattle-spoil”) (compare Latin praeda (“plunder, booty”)). * As a German surname, a spelling variant of Prey, from breu (“brew”); see brauen. Comparable to the surname Preyer.
- How common is the surname Pry?
- 1,343 people in the United States had the surname Pry in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,892 Americans. It ranked 19,966th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Pry?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pry identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Pry getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,412 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,343 in 2010, down 4.9%.