Prieur Family History
Prieur Name Meaning
French: from Old French pri(o)ur ‘prior’, a monastic
official immediately subordinate to an abbot (from Latin prior
‘superior’), hence a nickname or occupational name, which probably
most often originated as an occupational name for a servant of a
prior.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Prieur Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prieur families
 11 - 20  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Prieur families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Prieur Family Origin
Prieur Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Prieur
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Prieur Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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