Persley Surname

483,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 689 people bear this surname

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

Persley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Persley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6631:546,69545,249
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Persley (54) may also be a first name.

Persley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Persley is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Persley.

How Common Is The Last Name Persley? popularity and diffusion

Persley is the 483,143rd most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,576,990 people. The last name Persley is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Persley live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America. Persley is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 54 people.

Persley is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 546,695. In The United States Persley is most common in: Texas, where 19 percent live, Louisiana, where 17 percent live and Kentucky, where 14 percent live. Outside of The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Persley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Persley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Persley last name expanded 1,251 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Persley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Persley are 6.32% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 59.55% being registered with the political party.

Persley earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.12% less than the national average, earning $40,938 USD per year.

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Persley Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Persley
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis