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Prim Name Meaning
German: of uncertain origin; possibly from the Latin personal name Primus (‘the first’), borne by several saints; or one composed with a Germanic word meaning ‘to prick or stab’; or from a personal name of Slavic origin Primm, from premu ‘right’.French: from a personal name (from Latin Primus).French: nickname from Old French prim ‘first’, possibly given to the eldest child in a family, or alternatively a nickname from Old French and Occitan prim ‘shrewd’, ‘clever’, ‘artful’, ‘sly’.Dutch: variant of Priem.English: variant of Prime.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Prim Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prim families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Prim families
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10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Prim families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Prim Family Origin
Prim Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Prim
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Prim Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Prim census records
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