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Priest

in Michigan

There are 772 people with the last name "Priest" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Priest 1,148
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  1. is 1,144th most common Pryor
  2. is 1,145th most common Ervin
  3. is 1,146th most common Mackenzie
  4. is 1,147th most common Li
  5. is 1,148th most common Priest
  6. is 1,149th most common Sykes
  7. is 1,150th most common Washburn
  8. is 1,151st most common Cavanaugh
  9. is 1,152nd most common Ames

Similar Names and Nicknames

Prieto, Priester, Priebe, Priestley, Pries, Prier, Priem, Priestly, Prieur, Priess

Most Common First Names for Priest

James, Robert, David, Michael, William, Daniel, Kenneth, Kimberly, Mary, Patricia

Meaning & History

English (mainly West Midlands): from Middle English pr(i)est ‘minister of the Church’ (Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, Greek presbyteros ‘elder’, ‘counselor’, comparative of presbys ‘old man’), used as a nickname, either for someone with a pious manner or possibly for someone who had played the part of a priest in a pageant. It may also have been an occupational name for someone in the service of a priest, and occasionally it may have been used to denote someone suspected of being the son of a priest.

FOREBEARS A John Priest is recorded as being in Woburn, MA, as early as 1675. The Mayflower Pilgrim Digory Priest of Holland died the first winter at Plymouth in 1620, leaving behind a widow who remarried and two daughters, who did not pass on the family name.

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