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Priest

in Pennsylvania

There are 295 people with the last name "Priest" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Priest 4,270
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  1. is 4,266th most common Leader
  2. is 4,267th most common Mcminn
  3. is 4,268th most common Milano
  4. is 4,269th most common Monk
  5. is 4,270th most common Priest
  6. is 4,271st most common Raybuck
  7. is 4,272nd most common Sechler
  8. is 4,273rd most common Shatzer
  9. is 4,274th most common Ammerman

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

John, Andrew, Robert, Thomas, Cheryl, David, Linda, Charles, Chester, Heather

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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