Prestley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Prestley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Prestley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 49
Coal Miner 5
Carpenter 4
Cloth Woollen Weaver 4
Labourer 3
Domestic Servant 3
Dress Maker 3
General Servant 2
Assistant 2
Servant Domestic 2
Labourer At Glass Works 2
Living On Her Own Means 2
Wool Dyer 2
Worsted Spinner 2
Bankers Clerk 1
Boiler Makers Labourer 1
Cloth Sorter 1
Cloth Weaver 1
Coachman Domestic Servant 1
Coating Manufacturer 1
Commercial Traveler 1
Commision Weaver 1
Driver 1
Fisher Monger 1
Forge Man 1

Prestley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Priestley 89% 33,563
2 Priestly 75% 3,413
3 Pressley 88% 2,176
4 Presley 88% 1,755
5 Prestley 100% 1,263
6 Pristley 88% 724
7 Preistley 89% 288
8 Prustley 88% 129
9 Prestly 88% 110

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The surname Prestley is the 5th most popular variant of Priestley.

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