The Pritchard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,549 people carried this name — #1,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (23,606).
What the name means
The meaning of the Pritchard surname
Anglicised from Welsh patronymic prefix ap + Richard.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pritchard» (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 11 births for the Pritchard name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “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 95 people named Pritchard 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.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 41 people named Pritchard.
Most of them — 35 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Paris.
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 the Nordic population registers
28 people named Pritchard is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s
Pritchard was found among the farmers of 9 counties.
It was most frequent in Monmouthshire: 132 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 76. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.
Where it concentrates, on the mapPer 10,000 farmers, by county
And 1 more county.
H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.
In Scotland’s registers today
Pritchard was recorded 31 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.
That made it the 793rd most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 33. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.
National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
146 families named Pritchard, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 743 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 8 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 258 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Pritchard in American newspapers,
1881–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 144,155 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Pritchard in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.
74,876 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pritchard. The most, 10,285, date from the 1910s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pritchard.
Who carried it
People named Pritchard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hannah Pritchard 1711–1768 · actor -
John Langford Pritchard 1799–1850 · stage actor -
Henry Pritchard 1841–1884 · photographer -
Jeter Connelly Pritchard 1857–1921 · judge -
Harriet Pritchard Arnold 1858–1901 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 243 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Pritchard,
in the records of 7 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States3,436 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 939
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 865
- Other U.S. records 1,632
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Walter C. PritchardBorn 1930; from Fulton County, Georgia. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Harley H. PritchardBorn 1907 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Lubbock; mechanic from Taylor County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1982, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thomas PritchardArrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; miner. From Dublin, Ireland; bound for Philadelphia.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 3,436 records for Pritchard in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia2,637 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1,334
- Tasmanian Names Index 437
- Other Australian records 866
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Mary Ann PritchardTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lloyds, sailing from London in 1845. Native of Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1849.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record William Robert PritchardBorn 1875 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1895 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 20.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Mary PritchardArrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the John Barrow, aged 29; English.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 2,637 records for Pritchard in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
United Kingdom561 records
- Welsh wills index cards 446
- War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 92
- Other British records 23
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record Benjamin PritchardBorn 1893 at Bedford. Served in the First World War. Named in the Morayshire roll of honour (1921).
National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Elizabeth PritchardDied 1994, aged 75; buried at St Thomas Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.
Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Susannah PritchardWill proved in 1937; of Deganwy, Carnarvon.
National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
Showing 3 of 561 records for Pritchard in the United Kingdom.
Counts: National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
Canada170 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 50
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 34
- Other Canadian records 86
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Arthur PritchardKilled in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 23; buried at St John's Cemetery, Halifax.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thomas PritchardCame to Ontario in 1877 aboard the Peruvian, bound for O Ville, Ontario; English.
Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Eileen Mary Emma PritchardBuried in 1983 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 64.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 3 of 170 records for Pritchard in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
New Zealand33 records
- Christchurch City cemetery records 26
- Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 3
- Other New Zealand records 4
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Sydney James PritchardDied 1995, aged 64; buried at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.
Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record George PritchardDied 1915, aged 46; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.
Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Mabel May PritchardDied 1987, aged 91; buried at Fairhall Cemetery, Marlborough.
Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 33 records for Pritchard in New Zealand.
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
France5 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Barry PritchardBorn 1945 in Great Britain; died 1994 in Estaing (Aveyron).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Nesta Torriano PritchardBorn 1903 in India; died 1997 in the United States.
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 2 of 5 records for Pritchard in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Netherlands4 records
- Dutch population registers 3
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Ronald George Henry PritchardMarried in 1946 in Druten; electrician.
Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Margaret PritchardIn the population register of Bolton Gb; nun, born 1872 in Bolton Gb.
Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 2 of 4 records for Pritchard in the Netherlands.
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pritchard.
- Prioleau 1,659 · U.S. census
- Priolo 878 · U.S. census
- Prior 6,787 · U.S. census
- Priore 905 · U.S. census
- Prise 178 · U.S. census
- Priser 179 · U.S. census
- Pritchett 19,334 · U.S. census
- Privat 252 · U.S. census
- Prive 336 · U.S. census
- Probst 6,271 · U.S. census
- Procacci 151 · U.S. census
- Procida 409 · U.S. census
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