Prunty
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Brunty
Etymology
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
Prunty (countable and uncountable, plural Pruntys)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms
- Pruntytown
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Prunty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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