Presow Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Presow Surname Definition:

Rogerus de Presawe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Presow Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Presow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Preesall.' Hackersall and Preesall form a township in the parish of Lancaster. The surname as Presow has crossed the sands into Furness; compare Lindow for Lindall. How early the name was so pronounced we find from the following entries:

Rogerus de Presawe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

'Richard de Hakrnshawe holds the mauor of Hackinsawe cum Prisowe, ... by homage ... and two cross-bows': Baines' History of Lancashire.

Alice Prisoe, widow, of Dalton, 1605: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

James Priseye, of Dalton, 1600: ibid.

Thomas Presoe, of the parish of Aldingham, 1593: ibid.

Agnes Presoo, of Stanke, 1615: ibid.

John Presall, of Preston, 1668: ibid.

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

Belonging to Preesall (N. Lancs), 13th cent. Presho, Preshow, 14th cent. Preshou, Preeshow [The second element is evidently Old Norse haug-r, a mound: the first element is obscure; it does not seem to represent a Scandinavian pers. name, and as there is a hamlet called Preese (Domesday Pres) in the same Hundred of Amounderness the possibility of Pres- being the Cymric pres, a brake, brushwood, cannot definitely be excluded]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the French, Preseau; a Huguenot personal name Or Presall; a location name in Lancashire.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Presow Demographics

Presow Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

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Presow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Presow has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Presow? popularity and diffusion

Presow is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Presow occurs mostly in Oceania, where 90 percent of Presow are found; 90 percent are found in Australasia and 90 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Presow is most commonly occurring in New Zealand, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 377,360. In New Zealand Presow is primarily concentrated in: Wellington Region, where 58 percent live and Manawatu Wanganui Region, where 42 percent live. Barring New Zealand this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 33 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.

Presow Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

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Preszow9223/
Prescow921/
Preshow920/
Pressow920/
Presov8396/
Prasow8367/
Prisow833/
Prosow832/
Presaw830/
Preshaw77341/
Pressov7719/
Presova7715/
Praszow7710/
Pretsov772/
Przysow771/
Prassow771/
Pressaw770/
Priscow770/
Przysowa71259/
Prieshof7137/
Preisova7110/
Preshoff7110/
Preuszof7110/
Pressova719/
Preshova714/
Perxshow713/
Preshobh712/
Pritschow67259/
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Prosov67175/
Prieshoff6794/
Prisov6728/
Prezov6722/
Preuschof6710/
Prysov674/
Prosaw673/
Preissova673/
Prešov672/
Prosof671/
Presshoff671/
Preschoff671/
Prasów671/
Preishoff670/
Preashoff670/
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