The Priester surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,651 people carried this name — #8,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Priester.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Priester live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Priester.
- Prey 445 · U.S. census
- Preziosi 606 · U.S. census
- Price 228,756 · U.S. census
- Priem 682 · U.S. census
- Prier 879 · U.S. census
- Priest 14,350 · U.S. census
- Prieto 14,786 · U.S. census
- Prieur 589 · U.S. census
- Prim 1,936 · U.S. census
- Prima 155 · U.S. census
- Primas 385 · U.S. census
- Prime 1,377 · U.S. census
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