Priestly is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Priestly
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Priestly

How popular is Priestly?

Priestly is ranked 211783 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Priestly bearers increased by 5.991735 per cent in 2010 US census to 513 since 2000, the surname slipped by 91 spots and ranked at 42308. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 54.78 54.96
Black 36.65 37.6
Hispanic or Latino 4.29 2.07
Others 3.7 4.13
Priestly is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Northern Ireland. Around 1596 people have been found who wears Priestly as their family name. Priestly is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
67,494 South Africa3
661,536 Indonesia3
119,730 Brazil3
219,873 France2
40,064 Nigeria2
134,667 Zimbabwe1
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
31,207 Ireland1
15,705 Cameroon1
49,101 Denmark1
18,969 Wales1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
17,236 Ghana1
28,365 Kenya1
6,212 Jamaica1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,547 New Zealand36
12,692 Scotland33
11,685 Singapore24
559,154 India12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,215 Canada69
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Priestly:
38,753 United States724
6,208 Australia468
31,049 England145
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Robert Priestly worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Columbus and arrived on November 6, 1848. John Priestly, aged 28, Susanne Priestly (38) Maid, are others that migrated to US.

Priestly Namesakes

  • Steven Priestly, Musical Artist
  • Alison Priestly, Television producer
  • Stephen Priestly, Musical Artist
  • Doug Priestly, Author
  • Joseph Priestly, Film actor
  • Baxter Priestly, Musical Artist
  • Laura L. Priestly, Timothy Stickney's wife
  • Brenda Priestly Jackson, Malik Jackson's mother

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