The Price surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 235,251 people carried this name — #91 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250 people counted. That is up 3% from 228,756 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Price surname
A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic], anglicized from ap Rhys.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Price» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 47 births for the Price name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,100 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin and Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 389 people named Price 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 Chubut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
172 people named Price live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Price.
Most of them — 98 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Yonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
53 people named Price have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 157 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
208 people named Price are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Price in American newspapers,
1891–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,018,949 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Price,
with a public archive behind them.
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Tomos Prys 1564–1634 · poet -
John Price 1602–1676 · publisher -
Uvedale Tomkins Price 1685–1764 · politician -
John Price 1735–1813 · librarian -
Sir Charles Price, 1st Baronet 1747–1818 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 194 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Price.
- Preve 112 · U.S. census
- Preville 293 · U.S. census
- Prevost 4,228 · U.S. census
- Prevot 416 · U.S. census
- Prey 466 · U.S. census
- Preziosi 596 · U.S. census
- Priem 678 · U.S. census
- Prier 744 · U.S. census
- Priest 14,915 · U.S. census
- Priester 3,951 · U.S. census
- Prieto 19,520 · U.S. census
- Prieur 648 · U.S. census
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