Preece 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 3
Berkshire 14
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 19
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 5
Devon 7
Dorset 0
Durham 6
Essex 7
Gloucestershire 122
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 1,475
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 27
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 203
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 4
Oxfordshire 6
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 517
Suffolk 1
Somerset 34
Surrey 19
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 186
Warwickshire 82
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 7
Worcestershire 320
Yorkshire 14

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 29
Cardiganshire 4
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 52
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 115
Monmouthshire 109
Pembrokeshire 7
Radnorshire 67

Preece Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Preece family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 555
Agricultural Labourer 179
Labourer 136
General Servant 69
Domestic Servant 55
Dress Maker 39
Carpenter 36
Farm Servant 28
Farm Labourer 28
Laundress 19
Farm Servant Indoor 19
Gardener 16
House Keeper 15
Cook 15
Shoe Maker 15
Ag Labourer 14
Blacksmith 13
Collier 12
Tailor 12
Wheel Wright 12
Labourer's Wife 11
Painter 11
Mason 10
Servant 10
House Maid 10

Most Frequent Forenames for Preece

Name Census Frequency
William Preece 2,263
Mary Preece 1,876
John Preece 1,703
Thomas Preece 1,562
Elizabeth Preece 1,464
George Preece 1,184
James Preece 1,162
Sarah Preece 1,009
Ann Preece 834
Charles Preece 660
Eliza Preece 555
Jane Preece 529
Henry Preece 526
Alice Preece 429
Richard Preece 422
Annie Preece 417
Emma Preece 410
Edward Preece 386
Ellen Preece 362
Joseph Preece 355
Alfred Preece 351
Emily Preece 322
Hannah Preece 300
Albert Preece 288
Samuel Preece 281

Preece Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Price 67% 395,964
2 Pearce 50% 203,969
3 Preece 100% 30,289
4 Pierce 67% 27,802
5 Peirce 50% 5,820
6 Pruce 67% 904
7 Perce 67% 899
8 Priece 83% 805
9 Purce 50% 603
10 Parce 50% 442
11 Prace 67% 386
12 Prece 83% 347
13 Pirce 50% 324
14 Preice 83% 321
15 Preace 83% 309
16 Perice 50% 306
17 Prouce 67% 293
18 Parcoe 33% 288
19 Peerce 67% 222
20 Perace 50% 163

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The surname Preece is the 3rd most popular variant of Price.

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