Pearsley Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Pearsley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pearsley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Pearsley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pearsley is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pearsley click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pearsley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most common last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Pearsley is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Pearsley live; 93 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Pearsley is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 92 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live.

Pearsley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pearsley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pearsley last name declined 7 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pearsley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pearsley are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.

Pearsley earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.06% less than the national average, earning $34,925 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pearsley
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