Preece Surname
Approximately 20,457 people bear this surname
Preece Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Welsh Ap-Rice or Ap-Rees=son of Rice (q.v).
'Item, geven to Harry ap-Rice', 1544: Privy Purse Exp., Princess Mary.
Philip ap Rys. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Read More About This SurnamePreece Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,431 | 1:5,908 | 843 |
| United States | 4,633 | 1:78,234 | 8,935 |
| Australia | 2,245 | 1:12,025 | 1,756 |
| Wales | 2,085 | 1:1,484 | 139 |
| Canada | 946 | 1:38,949 | 4,883 |
| New Zealand | 395 | 1:11,464 | 1,996 |
| South Africa | 134 | 1:404,311 | 35,545 |
| Scotland | 120 | 1:44,615 | 4,016 |
| Thailand | 81 | 1:872,078 | 137,928 |
| Northern Ireland | 60 | 1:30,751 | 3,176 |
| Spain | 48 | 1:974,001 | 36,812 |
| Chile | 43 | 1:409,685 | 11,039 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Isle of Man | 4 | 1:21,456 | 3,601 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 12 | 1:369,156 | 13,616 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,104 | 1:5,939 | 910 |
| Wales | 496 | 1:3,162 | 209 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:267,373 | 8,913 |
| Jersey | 4 | 1:12,971 | 2,116 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 152 | 1:330,386 | 25,648 |
Preece (25) may also be a first name.
Preece Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Welsh Ap-Rice or Ap-Rees=son of Rice (q.v).
'Item, geven to Harry ap-Rice', 1544: Privy Purse Exp., Princess Mary.
Philip ap Rys. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Lodovicus Apprise. Valor Ecclesiasticus.
John Apryce, Valor Ecclesiasticus.
Lewis ap-Rhys, prebendary of St. David's, 1502: History and Ant. St. David's.
1563. Arnold Appryce and Elizabeth Andrewes: Marriage Lic. (London).
1579. Thomas Aprees and Margaret Barker: ibid.
V. Prees(e.
(Welsh) The son of Rhys (ardor, a rush); one who came from Prees (brushwood), in Shropshire or from Preese, in Lancashire.
Welsh, Ap Rhys, the son of Rhys. As in the case of most other Welsh families, the settled surname is of recent adoption, even amongst the gentry, and it is hard to distinguish, by the mere name, men of family from the ignobile vulgus. The Prices of Castle-Madoc., co. Brecknock, spring from Bleddyn ap Maenyrch, Lord of Brecon, temp. William Rufus; and the Brices of Glangwilly, co. Carmarthen, are descended, on the female side, through the Lloyds, from Rhodri Mawr. King of Wales. B.L.G.
The Welsh name is said to be from Ap-Rice or -Rees, son of Rice or Rees; but both names may be from Cornish prâs, a meadow. Pryce, Pryse, Brice, and the U. S. Praise would seem to be the same name. See also Rees.
(Welsh.) A corruption of Ap Rice, the son of Rice.
A Welsh name, said to be from Ap-Rhys, son of Rhys. Pryce however renders the Cornish name Penrice, the head of the fleeting ground, and Rhys and Rice would seem to be the same name.
Price, etc. —This name has its great home in Herefordshire, and afterwards in South Wales, Monmouthshire, and Shropshire. Rees, Reece, and Ap - Rees in the form of Preece (hence also Price) have much the same distribution. The possessors of these names have advanced but little into England beyond the Marches, Wilts representing, in the number of its Prices, the limit of their substantial progress towards the metropolis.
The prevailing practice in connection with the orthography of Welsh names is well illustrated in the case of Price. Philip Ap Rice was bailiff of Leominster, Herefordshire, in 1562; Thomas Price was bailiff of the same town in 1699 and 1717 (Townsend's "Leominster"). According to Jones, the old Brecknockshire family of Price of Glynllech only adopted that name three centuries ago.
Preece Demographics
Preece Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Preece Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Preece Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Preece occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Preece? popularity and diffusion
It is the 26,302nd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 356,237 people. Preece occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Preece are found; 57 percent are found in Northern Europe and 57 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 25 people.
This last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 9,431 people, or 1 in 5,908. In England it is mostly found in: West Midlands, where 12 percent live, Herefordshire, where 10 percent live and Shropshire, where 8 percent live. Aside from England it occurs in 59 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.
Preece Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Preece has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Preece surname grew 230 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 3,048 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 420 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 857 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Preece Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Preece surname is principally Anglican (58%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Preece last name are 23.24% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.01% registered with the party.
The amount Preece earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.75% more than the national average, earning R 422,400 per year; in United States they earn 0.53% less than the national average, earning $42,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning $50,093 CAD per year.
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Preece Reference & Research
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