The Pruett surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,618 people carried this name — #2,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 13,113 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Pruett surname
From the Middle English surname, from prou (“brave”) (see prowess) + -et. Also a variant of Prewitt.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pruett» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Pruett in American newspapers,
1896–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,152 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Pruett in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.
65 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pruett. The most, 22, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pruett.
Who carried it
People named Pruett,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth P. Farrington 1898–1984 · politician -
Hub Pruett 1900–1982 · baseball player -
Harry Pruett 1890–1948 · cricketer
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Harry Pruett 1890–1948 · cricketer
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Roy L. Pruett 1924–2022 · chemist
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Jimmy Pruett 1925–1983 · pianist
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Pruett,
in the records of 3 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 States692 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 510
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 155
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Cleveland P. PruettBorn 1911 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock, Arkansas; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Darrel Eugene PruettBorn 1948; from New Salem, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record James Lamar PruettU.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1953, died 1975; buried at Marietta National Cemetery, Georgia.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 692 records for Pruett in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada3 records
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Thomas Andrew PruettBuried in 1987 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 72.
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Margaret A. PruettBuried in 1939 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
Showing 2 of 3 records for Pruett in Canada.
Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Australia1 record
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thomas PruettArrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the Essex, aged 44.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pruett.
- Provin 179 · U.S. census
- Provins 343 · U.S. census
- Provo 1,653 · U.S. census
- Provost 8,742 · U.S. census
- Prudent 408 · U.S. census
- Prudhomme 2,925 · U.S. census
- Pruitt 44,365 · U.S. census
- Prum 515 · U.S. census
- Pruneau 408 · U.S. census
- Prunier 636 · U.S. census
- Prus 665 · U.S. census
- Pryor 27,805 · U.S. census
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