The Pradier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 139 people carried this name — #123,796 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 128 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pradier surname
A surname from Occitan.
Borrowed from Occitan Pradier. Most prevalent in Gard and Haute-Loire.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pradier» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,990 people named Pradier.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 74 départements, most often Haute-Loire.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Pradier live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pradier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles-Simon Pradier 1783–1847 · engraver -
Charles-Simon Pradier 1783–1847 · engraver
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George-David-Germain Pradier 1764–1796
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Jean-Baptiste Martial Pradier 1776– · politician
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David Pradier 1788–1835
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Christian Pradier 1794–1831
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pradier.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pradier is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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