Last Name PRINGLE

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Meaning	Local: A pilgrim. The family are descended from William Pringle of Whitton, 1492 �they bear in their arms the escallop shells or badges of pilgrims to the Holy Land. Local: 'Prencyll,' a hazel-wood, from 'pren,' Welsh, a wood, and 'cyll' or 'coll,' hazel. 'Pringle,' an obsolete Scottish coin.

Origin	Scottish, Irish, South african

Rank	2,664 (2000 US census)	2,261 (1990 US census)

Count	12,460 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

57.32%, or 7142 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
38.41%, or 4786 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 61 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.38%, or 47 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.78%, or 222 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.62%, or 202 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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