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The Prise surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 178 people carried this name — #101,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is down 18% from 218 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 104 people named Prise.

1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Côtes-d’Armor.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 1
Côtes-d’Armor 74
Ille-et-Vilaine 12
Paris 9
Hérault 3
Calvados 2
Manche 1
Pas-de-Calais 1
Yvelines 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Prise in American newspapers,
1914–1915.

Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Prise
St. Tammany Farmer 1915-11-13
Newspaper page from St. Tammany Farmer carrying the name Prise
St. Tammany Farmer 1914-11-14
Newspaper page from The Hazard Herald carrying the name Prise
The Hazard Herald 1914-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,694,046 pages in all carry the name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Prise is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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