The Proud surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,250 people carried this name — #21,034 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 238,100 people counted. That is down 5% from 1,310 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Proud surname
English surname, from the adjective proud.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Proud» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Proud.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Vendée.
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.
Who carried it
People named Proud,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mary Abigail Willing Coale Proud 1789–1831 -
Mary Ann Proud d. 1901
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Thomas Proud d. 1705
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Joseph Proud 1745–1826 · preacher
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Joseph Proud 1745–1826 · preacher
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Peter Proud 1913–1989 · art director
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Proud.
- Prosperi 451 · U.S. census
- Prospero 508 · U.S. census
- Prost 824 · U.S. census
- Protano 148 · U.S. census
- Proteau 216 · U.S. census
- Proto 1,252 · U.S. census
- Prouhet 111 · U.S. census
- Prout 2,733 · U.S. census
- Provencal 857 · U.S. census
- Provence 913 · U.S. census
- Provenzano 3,712 · U.S. census
- Provin 179 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Proud is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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