Prewitt Family Crest and Last Name Background

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What Prewitt means

Prewitt and Pruitt are two spellings with one history. Read literally, Prewitt points to “Little valiant one”.

Records show Prewitt as one of the forms Pruitt took over time. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Prewett, Pruett and Pruitte. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Prewitt with 8,371 bearers, at rank 4,234.

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