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Priest

in North Carolina

There are 535 people with the last name "Priest" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Priest 2,030
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  1. is 2,026th most common Kepley
  2. is 2,027th most common Rountree
  3. is 2,028th most common Fulbright
  4. is 2,029th most common Heavner
  5. is 2,030th most common Priest
  6. is 2,031st most common Markham
  7. is 2,032nd most common Sikes
  8. is 2,033rd most common Barnwell
  9. is 2,034th most common Betts

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

Charles, Thomas, William, David, James, Edward, Michael, Jonathan, Joseph, Keith

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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Charles Priest, NC (9 searches)
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