Pearsall Surname

58,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Pearsall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pearshall' or 'Pershall,' a township in the parish of Eccleshall, Staffordshire.

Thomas de Peshale, Staffordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Pearsall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6701:54,3426,487
England1,0481:53,1666,505
Australia4621:58,4327,107
Canada2521:146,21314,975
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Wales391:79,3476,699
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Malta241:17,9281,021
Scotland71:764,83125,488
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Finland61:916,11741,832
France51:13,284,544357,392
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belize11:355,4743,977
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3621:67,3357,663
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9271:26,0613,201

Pearsall (22) may also be a first name.

Pearsall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pearshall' or 'Pershall,' a township in the parish of Eccleshall, Staffordshire.

Thomas de Peshale, Staffordshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Edmund Pershall, of Over, 1676: Wills at Chester.

Thomas Peashall, of Checkley, Cheshire, 1634: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Belonging to Pershall or Pershill (Staffs), A.D. 1188 Pereshulle [Middle English hull(e, Old English hyll, a hill: the pers. name (in the genit.) may be the Old French Pere if not the rare Anglo-Saxon Pœghere] Sir Robert Tunsall, a noble knight, And come of royall anceytree; Sir Iohn Savage, wise and wight, Sir Hugh Persall: there was 3.—‘Bosworth Feilde’, 457-60; Percy’s Folio MS.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Pearshall or Pershill (Per’s hill), in Staffordshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

An estate in co. Stafford, now written Pearshall or Pershall. The family are of Norman origin, having been founded, at the place referred to, by Robert, a follower of Robert of Stafford, early in the reign of the Conqueror. He was son of Gilbert, son of Richard, Count of Corbeil in Normandy.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Said to be of Norman origin.

The Norman People (1874)

Pearsall Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pearsall Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pearsall is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pearsall? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pearsall is the 58,495th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 843,173 people. The surname Pearsall is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pearsall reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 22 people.

Pearsall is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 6,670 people, or 1 in 54,342. In The United States Pearsall is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 13 percent reside, North Carolina, where 12 percent reside and California, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 33 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Pearsall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pearsall has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pearsall surname rose 346 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 290 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 3,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pearsall Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Pearsall surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Pearsall last name are 2.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.99% being registered with the party.

The amount Pearsall earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 10.75% more than the national average, earning R 263,184 per year; in United States they earn 0.67% more than the national average, earning $43,440 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.88% more than the national average, earning $53,100 CAD per year.

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Pearsall Reference & Research

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Pearsall FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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