Pry

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English

Etymology

As an Irish surname, spelling variant of Prey, from Ó Préith.
As a German surname, a spelling variant of Prey, from breu (“brew”); see brauen. Comparable to the surname Preyer.

Proper noun

Pry (plural Prys)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Pry is the 19966^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1343 individuals. Pry is most common among White (94.49%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

pyr-

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