Frequency: (393)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Canadian spelling of French Prat, a topographic name from prat ‘meadow’, a dialect form of standard French prée. The spelling reflects the Canadian practice of pronouncing the final -t, which is not the practice in metropolitan France. This name often represents French Duprat.
GIVEN NAMES: French 10%. Alain, Alphee, Alphonse, Gaston, Jacques, Lucien, Marcel, Michel, Normand, Pierre, Sylvie, Yvon.
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