The Prieto surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 14,786 people carried this name — #2,259 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 567 people named Prieto.
266 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 54 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
333 people named Prieto live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Prieto in American newspapers,
1901–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,388 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Prieto,
with a public archive behind them.
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José Joaquín Prieto 1786–1854 · captain -
Guillermo Prieto 1818–1897 · writer -
Emilio Prieto y Villarreal 1840–1911 · writer -
Eduardo António Prieto Valadim 1865–1890 · military personnel -
Antonio Prieto y Vives 1870–1939 · engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 206 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Prieto.
- 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
- Priester 3,651 · 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
- Prina 121 · U.S. census
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