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Priest

in South Carolina

There are 170 people with the last name "Priest" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Priest 2,817
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  1. is 2,813th most common Mcclurkin
  2. is 2,814th most common Mcguffin
  3. is 2,815th most common Minick
  4. is 2,816th most common Neff
  5. is 2,817th most common Priest
  6. is 2,818th most common Rickenbaker
  7. is 2,819th most common Roscoe
  8. is 2,820th most common Sprinkle
  9. is 2,821st most common Staples

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Priest

David, Donna, Elizabeth, James, John, Linda, George, Jeffrey, Larry, Michelle

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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David Priest, SC (8 searches)
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