Presley is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Presley
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Variant Priestley common place name in England which is composed of words priest (= priest) and Leah (= wood, clearing). Probably a timber belonging to the clergy.

How popular is Presley?

Presley is common in United States.

Presley is ranked 19811 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Presley bearers increased by 3.940747 per cent in 2010 US census to 18384 since 2000, the surname slipped by 102 spots and ranked at 1968. The last name was found in around 62 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.28 77.01
Black 19.26 18.86
Others 2.18 1.43
Hispanic or Latino 1.84 1.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.95 0.9
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.5
Presley is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 26248 people have been found who wears Presley as their family name. Presley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
95,557 Czech Republic6
7,031 China6
946 Papua New Guinea5
78,945 Argentina3
108,034 Italy3
4,529 Mauritius3
2,935 Angola3
44,018 Poland2
41,879 Turkey2
34,681 Norway2
11,224 Cameroon2
10,211 Bulgaria2
8,995 Uganda2
4,104 South Korea2
50,640 Switzerland2
89,020 Tanzania2
4,367 Afghanistan2
18,718 Thailand2
3,791 Namibia2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
9,185 Hong Kong2
10,284 Kuwait2
19,046 Ireland2
31,767 Greece2
18,625 Japan2
1,421 Gabon2
1,328 Congo2
38,063 Mauritania1
9,116 Nicaragua1
1,879 Belize1
2,374 Bermuda1
5,467 Haiti1
20,172 Hungary1
50,549 Georgia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
13,606 Senegal1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
25,721 Egypt1
7,314 Bolivia1
29,774 Venezuela1
34,581 Chile1
2,190 Barbados1
19,810 Croatia1
2,935 Madagascar1
2,196 Liberia1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
591 Samoa1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
36,678 Singapore1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
8,371 Syria1
2,613 The Bahamas1
66,560 Philippines1
8,181 Botswana1
7,110 Bosnia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
480 Micronesia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
303,660 India35
12,692 Scotland33
57,220 Netherlands27
89,048 Spain13
11,059 Nigeria13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
2,801 Northern Ireland72
16,172 Peru71
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
141,377 Indonesia52
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Presley:
5,386 Canada810
8,696 England758
10,157 Kenya471
11,880 Mexico366
7,729 Ghana320
10,689 Australia260
8,346 Malaysia228
59,024 Germany168
35,546 South Africa146
84,907 France110
Countries with thousands of Presley:
9,511 Brazil1,447
Countries with ten thousands of Presley:
1,958 United States20,532
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Presley was 30 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on June 26, 1849. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took Shelton from Belfast. Latitia Presley, aged 28, Sophia Presley, aged 11, Jane-E. Presley, aged 7, William Presley, aged 5, Isabella Presley, aged Born at sea, are others that migrated to US.

Comments

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Obdulia Tindell
Presley is a surname infrequent, represents a diminutive presle, ancient form of prel prairie, a is the possessor of a meadow.

Presley Namesakes

  • Elvis Presley, Singer
  • Alaska Presley, Actress
  • Reg Presley, Singer
  • Elvis Presley, Singer
  • Erin Hershey Presley, Actress
  • Elvis Presley, Singer
  • Elvis Presley, Singer
  • Brandon Presley, Politician
  • Angaleena Presley, Singer-songwriter
  • Priscilla Presley, Actress
  • In 2017, Sybil Presley portrayed the role of Great Grandma GG in drama film Coming Home.

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