Price

surname · Latin script

Meaning: From Welsh ap Rhys 'son of Rhys'; perhaps 'fixer of prices'; also an anglicization of the Jewish surnames Preuss and Preis 'person from Prussia'

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/pɹaɪs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Price is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 75th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 908(inferred from the name graph)
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.2K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 1.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

235,251 people, 2010

#358 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
600 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 908 (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Welsh ap Rhys 'son of Rhys'; perhaps 'fixer of prices'; also an anglicization of the Jewish surnames Preuss and Preis 'person from Prussia'.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Price, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Price counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Price is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#75235,2511 in 1.4K235KPrice600
GB United Kingdom#57≈72,000 est.≈1 in 90895KPrice353
EG Egypt—≈31,000 est.≈1 in 3.4K—Price26
CA Canada#92≈24,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K1Price251
IT Italy#119≈24,000 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Price51
AU Australia#80≈21,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K1Price247
SG Singapore#78≈4,800 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Price56
IE Ireland#92≈4,200 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Price83
NZ New Zealand#64≈4,200 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Price142

235,251 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Price is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Príce

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written P-Rice

  • Hindi surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Sinhala

    Also written Pryce, প্রাইস, Pricè, Presa

  • Polish surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Прайс, Prais, Prïćê, Праис, Praйs

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Price is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Welsh ap Rhys ‘son of Rhys’, or from ME/OFr pris ‘price’, occupational/metonymic; first attested Jorwerth ap Reys 1393 LoPleas

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In English, The cost required to gain possession of something.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, Forme galloise (équivalent régional); origine liée au nom Brice/Brigitte selon la série du page.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • Prichard, Prickard, Pritchard, Pritchett v.

    as a nameWelsh Surnames

  • In Irish, Welsh Ap Rhys. In Ireland since the fourteenth century but not specially associated with any particular locality. Price is sometimes a synonym of Bryson

    as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Richard Price, b. 1723Florence Price, b. 1887Vincent Price, b. 1911Dennis Price, b. 1915Leontyne Price, b. 1927Lloyd Price, b. 1933Richard Price, b. 1949Steven Price, b. 1977Katie Price, b. 1978David Price, b. 1985

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Price,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 56 sources across 33 countries.

Official registers attesting Price
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010235K#91
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000229K#84
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020226K#97
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200295K#48
GB United KingdomWelsh Surnames (Morgan & Morgan, 1985)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 7

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Price mean, and where does it come from?
From Welsh ap Rhys 'son of Rhys'; perhaps 'fixer of prices'; also an anglicization of the Jewish surnames Preuss and Preis 'person from Prussia'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
How do you pronounce Price?
A machine transcription gives /pɹaɪs/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Price have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 235 thousand people named Price, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled price.
How common is the name Price?
In the United States, the national register counted 235,251 people named Price in 2010, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
How common is Price compared with other names?
In the United States, Price is the 75th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Price” — the 75th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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