Pruitt Family History
Pruitt Name Meaning
French and English: nickname from a pet form of Old French
proux ‘valiant’, ‘brave’, or ‘wise’ (see Proulx,
Prue).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pruitt Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pruitt families
 181 - 359  61 - 180 |
 1 - 60  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pruitt families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pruitt families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pruitt Family Origin
Pruitt Immigration Information
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Pruitt Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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