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The pritchett Surname

pritchett Name Meaning and History

  1. Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhisiart ‘son of Richard’. Compare Pritchard.
  2. English (Midlands): from a diminutive of Middle English prik(e), prich ‘point’, ‘prick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of any of various pointed instruments, or a nickname for a tall, thin man.

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Distribution of pritchett Families in the US in 1920
Number of pritchett families
 87-171
 30-86
 1-29
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