Prater Family History
Prater Name Meaning
English: status name for a reeve, the chief magistrate or
bailiff of a district, from Latin praetor.Dutch:
occupational name for a warden of meadows or a gamekeeper, from Middle
Dutch prater, preter (Latin pratarius, a
derivative of pratum ‘meadow’).Dutch and North German:
nickname for an excessively talkative person, from Middle Low German
praten ‘to talk or prattle’.German: variant of
Brater (see Brader 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Prater
Name Distribution of Prater Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prater families
 111 - 220  38 - 110 |
 1 - 37  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Prater families
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50 - 97 17 - 49 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Prater families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Prater Family Origin
Prater Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Prater
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Prater Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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