Prieto Family History
Prieto Name Meaning
Spanish: nickname for a dark-haired or dark-skinned man, from Old
Spanish prieto ‘dark’, ‘black’. The adjective derives from the
verb apretar ‘to squeeze or compress’, a metathesized form of
apetrar, Late Latin appectorare ‘to hold close to the
chest’ (from pectus, genitive pectoris, ‘chest’). The
use as a color term seems to have derived originally from its
application to rain clouds and fog.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Prieto Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Prieto families
 2 - 1  2 - 1 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Prieto Family Origin
Prieto Emigration Information (US)
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Prieto Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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