Prestly Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 12
Yorkshire 3
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Prestly Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Prestly family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 3
Peice Dyer Journeyman 1
Coal Miner 1
Independent 1
Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Prestly

Name Census Frequency
Joseph Prestly 8
Thomas Prestly 7
James Prestly 5
John Prestly 5
William Prestly 5
George Prestly 4
Sarah Prestly 4
Eliza Prestly 3
Elizabeth Prestly 3
Emma Prestly 3
Jane Prestly 3
Mary Prestly 3
Ann Prestly 2
Ellen Prestly 2
Emily Prestly 2
Flora Prestly 2
Harry Prestly 2
Jonathan Prestly 2
Richard Prestly 2
Samuel Prestly 2
Agnes Prestly 1
Alice Prestly 1
Amelia Prestly 1
Arthur Prestly 1
Betry Prestly 1

Prestly Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Priestley 78% 33,563
2 Priestly 88% 3,413
3 Prestley 88% 1,263
4 Pristley 75% 724
5 Preistley 78% 288
6 Prustley 75% 129
7 Prestly 100% 110

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The surname Prestly is the 7th most popular variant of Priestley.

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