Preece Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 14
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 5
Durham 3
Essex 6
Gloucestershire 71
Hampshire 20
Herefordshire 1,191
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 1
London 105
Middlesex 8
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 571
Suffolk 0
Somerset 56
Surrey 2
Sussex 2
Staffordshire 128
Warwickshire 42
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 144
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 42
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 73
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 43
Monmouthshire 43
Pembrokeshire 8
Radnorshire 74

Preece Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Preece family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 394
Agricultural Labourer 238
Labourer 77
House Servant 44
Carter 32
Dress Maker 30
General Servant 22
Servant 19
Mason 18
Gardener 18
Shoe Maker 18
Laundress 15
Agricultural Labourer's Wife 12
Coal Miner 12
Cook 12
Sawyer 11
Blacksmith 11
Carpenter 11
Domestic Servant 11
Nurse 11
Farm Labourer 11
Groom 11
House Maid 10
Labourer Wife 9
House Keeper 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Preece

Name Census Frequency
William Preece 2,263
Mary Preece 1,876
John Preece 1,703
Thomas Preece 1,562
Elizabeth Preece 1,464
George Preece 1,184
James Preece 1,162
Sarah Preece 1,009
Ann Preece 834
Charles Preece 660
Eliza Preece 555
Jane Preece 529
Henry Preece 526
Alice Preece 429
Richard Preece 422
Annie Preece 417
Emma Preece 410
Edward Preece 386
Ellen Preece 362
Joseph Preece 355
Alfred Preece 351
Emily Preece 322
Hannah Preece 300
Albert Preece 288
Samuel Preece 281

Preece Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Price 67% 395,964
2 Pearce 50% 203,969
3 Preece 100% 30,289
4 Pierce 67% 27,802
5 Peirce 50% 5,820
6 Pruce 67% 904
7 Perce 67% 899
8 Priece 83% 805
9 Purce 50% 603
10 Parce 50% 442
11 Prace 67% 386
12 Prece 83% 347
13 Pirce 50% 324
14 Preice 83% 321
15 Preace 83% 309
16 Perice 50% 306
17 Prouce 67% 293
18 Parcoe 33% 288
19 Peerce 67% 222
20 Perace 50% 163

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The surname Preece is the 3rd most popular variant of Price.

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