How common is the surname Paisley?

2,980 people in the United States had the surname Paisley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,606 Americans. It ranked 10,721st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Paisley?

Brad Paisley, American country musician (born 1972), followed by Kimberly Williams-Paisley.

Where is the surname Paisley most common?

Wikidata records people named Paisley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Paisley?

Paisley is /ˈpeɪzli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Paisley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,980 in 2010, up 5.0%.

Is Paisley also a first name?

Yes. Paisley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Paisley

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 2,980 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈpeɪzli/ 2 syllables Soundex P240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Paisley is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”). Despite occasional respellings such as Paisleigh, this word does not etymologically contain the suffix -ley/-leigh.

Paisley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,980 people named Paisley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,606 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,838.

#10,721

rank among US surnames

2,980

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #10,408)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,715	Reading	2,982	103,536
#10,717	Nicoletti	2,981	103,571
#10,721	Mager	2,980	103,606
#10,724	Chidester	2,979	103,641
#10,726	Hennigan	2,978	103,675
#10,728	Spoon	2,977	103,710
#10,729	Lumley	2,976	103,745

Who is named Paisley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

83% of people named Paisley identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Paisleys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brad Paisley
American country musician (born 1972)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
American actor and film director, born 1971

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Paisley

Paisley has the Soundex code P240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P240.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Paisley come from?: From Scottish Gaelic Pàislig (“pasture”). Despite occasional respellings such as Paisleigh, this word does not etymologically contain the suffix -ley/-leigh.
How common is the surname Paisley?: 2,980 people in the United States had the surname Paisley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,606 Americans. It ranked 10,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Paisley?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Paisley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Paisley?: Brad Paisley, American country musician (born 1972), followed by Kimberly Williams-Paisley.
Where is the surname Paisley most common?: Wikidata records people named Paisley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Paisley?: Paisley is /ˈpeɪzli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Paisley?: Paisley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Paisley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,980 in 2010, up 5.0%.
Is Paisley also a first name?: Yes. Paisley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.