Presly Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Presly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Presly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland831:64,5045,145
Papua New Guinea461:177,25524,620
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
England221:2,532,63991,802
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Solomon Islands121:48,3369,616
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Honduras81:1,102,0554,829
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2941:170,81215,404

Presly (1,025) may also be a first name.

Presly Last Name Facts

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

Presly is most common in Scotland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Presly? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 868,551st most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname Presly is predominantly found in Europe, where 41 percent of Presly are found; 34 percent are found in Northern Europe and 34 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 250,708th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 1,025 people.

Presly is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 64,504. In Scotland it is most prevalent in: Aberdeenshire, where 73 percent live, Aberdeen City, where 10 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 8 percent live. Beside Scotland this last name exists in 33 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Presly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Presly has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Presly surname rose 2,767 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Presly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Presly earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 47.76% less than the national average, earning $22,540 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.2% more than the national average, earning $65,682 CAD 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
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  • 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 Presly
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