Prunty
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (surname): Brunty
Etymology[edit]
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of Proinnteach”), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (“meal; banquet”) and teach (“house”).
Proper noun[edit]
Prunty (countable and uncountable, plural Pruntys)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Prunty is the 11319th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2789 individuals. Prunty is most common among White (71.42%) and Black/African American (22.66%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Prunty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States