Prall History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The distinguished surname Prall comes from the southwestern county of Devon. It is thought to be derived from "Prawle," the name of a place in this county. The progenitor of the name was likely someone who hailed from Prawle.

Early Origins of the Prall family

The surname Prall was first found in Devon, where the village of Prawle is located. The earliest known bearer of the name was Geoffrey de Praulle, who was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of Devon in 1204.

Early History of the Prall family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Prall research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1204 and 1261 are included under the topic Early Prall History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Prall Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Prall, Praul, Prawl, Prawle, Praule, Praulle and others.

Early Notables of the Prall family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Prall, a prolific American inventor...

Prall Ranking

In the United States, the name Prall is the 13,675^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Prall migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Prall Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Georg Prall, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1750 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Prall (post 1700) +

David Wight Prall (1886-1940), American philosopher of art at the University of California
Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951), New Jersey attorney and Republican politician
Wilfred Anthony Prall, former American Major League Baseball pitcher
Barbara Jones Prall, award-winning portrait painter
Anning Smith Prall, American representative from New York
Horace Griggs Prall (1881-1951), American Republican politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Hunterdon County, 1926-27; Member of New Jersey State Senate from Hunterdon County, 1928-36 3
Edwin S. Prall, American Republican politician, Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, 1860-61 3
Benjamin P. Prall, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Richmond County, 1850 3
Anning Smith Prall (1870-1937), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1923-35 3
Abraham A. Prall, American politician, Village President of Oswego, New York, 1840, 1842 3
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html