Priss 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 1
Durham 2
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Priss Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Priss family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
House Maid 1
House Servant 1
Sawyer 1
Errand Boy 1
Pauper 1
Seamstress 1
Journeyman Miller 1
Manufacturing Chemist 1
Shop Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Priss

Name Census Frequency
Mary Priss 11
Elizabeth Priss 10
Thomas Priss 8
James Priss 7
Jane Priss 6
John Priss 6
Joseph Priss 6
Richard Priss 6
William Priss 6
Charles Priss 5
Margaret Priss 5
Robert Priss 5
Sarah Priss 5
Ann Priss 4
Annie Priss 4
Emily Priss 4
George Priss 4
Frederick Priss 3
Maria Priss 3
Sophia Priss 3
Alice Priss 2
Anne Priss 2
Charlotte Priss 2
Rose Priss 2
Samuel Priss 2

Priss Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Press 80% 6,990
2 Pross 80% 629
3 Preice 50% 321
4 Priss 100% 138
5 Persse 50% 116
6 Pariss 83% 111

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The surname Priss is the 4th most popular variant of Press.

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