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)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Pruntytown

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prunty is the 11319^th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.