Preece Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Discover how your Preece ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.

Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 29
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 4
Derbyshire 13
Devon 13
Dorset 2
Durham 12
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 181
Hampshire 3
Herefordshire 1,463
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 5
Lancashire 84
Leicestershire 10
Lincolnshire 0
London 224
Middlesex 30
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 13
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland 0
Shropshire 653
Suffolk 5
Somerset 33
Surrey 50
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 345
Warwickshire 176
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 378
Yorkshire 48

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 55
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 7
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 138
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 96
Monmouthshire 208
Pembrokeshire 25
Radnorshire 40

Preece Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Preece family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 980
Agricultural Labourer 201
General Labourer 84
General Servant 64
Labourer 62
Farm Labourer 61
Domestic Servant 53
Dress Maker 43
Carpenter 39
Laundress 30
Farm Servant Indoor 27
General Servant Domestic 22
Mason 22
General Domestic Servant 19
Coal Miner 17
Shoe Maker 17
Annuitant 16
Farmers Son 16
Bricklayer 15
Gardener 13
Butcher 12
No Occupation 12
Railway Labourer 12
Charwoman 10
Farmers Wife 10

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

Did you know?

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

Search for the Preece family