Explore the Family Name Prigmore

The meaning of Prigmore

English (Midlands): probably a variant of Pridmore.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Prigmore in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Prigmore has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 39,378th most popular surname, and by 2010, it had fallen to the 43,885th slot—a decline of 11.45%. The number of individuals with this surname also diminished during this period, from 526 in 2000 to 491 in 2010, marking a reduction of 6.65%. Consequently, the proportion per 100k people dropped by 10.53%, from 0.19 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,378	#43,885	-11.45%
Count	526	491	-6.65%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Prigmore

When looking at the ethnic identity of individuals with the Prigmore surname, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals several changes from 2000 to 2010. While there were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic in either year, the percentage of people with this surname identifying as White declined slightly from 82.70% in 2000 to 81.26% in 2010. Despite this slight decrease, White remained the dominant ethnic group for this surname. During the same period, those identifying as Black saw an increase from 11.60% to 12.02%. Those identifying as two or more races remained nearly unchanged, while those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native experienced the most significant growth, increasing from 2.09% in 2000 to 2.65% in 2010—an impressive rise of 26.79%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	82.7%	81.26%	-1.74%
Black	11.6%	12.02%	3.62%
Two or More Races	2.66%	2.65%	-0.38%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.09%	2.65%	26.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%