Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The pries Surname

pries Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from places such as Priesen or Priessen in eastern Germany, probably named with the Slavic topographic element bris- ‘birch’.
  2. perhaps a nickname from Middle High German prise ‘praiseworthy’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The pries name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the pries family name as far back in history as possible.

pries Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add pries family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of pries Families in the US in 1920
Number of pries families
 30-57
 11-29		 1-10
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view pries census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for pries records.
  • You can see how pries families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search pries census records.

More resources for your pries family history

Pries message board


Threads: 22 - Messages: 96
ThreadAuthorReplies
Pries patbradley 29
MARIA PRIES 1857-1902 rempel 9
Pries family of Buffalo, NY Ed Browder 7
Pries Family in Illinois KarenKiel 11
Pries Obituary BarbL51 0
Emil Pries from Forest Park, IL. LMW589 1
John Pries dianeleeprice 1
pries karl pries 1
Friedrich Pries from Posien, Mecklenburg, Germany Cindy_Pries 0
hello hello hello CARL R PRIES 0
Viewing 1-10 of 22 |  Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources