How common is the surname Pressley?

13,281 people in the United States had the surname Pressley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,247 Americans. It ranked 2,713th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pressley?

Toni Pressley, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Pressley most common?

Wikidata records people named Pressley in the United States.

Is the surname Pressley getting more or less common?

More common. 12,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,281 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Pressley

A surname, carried by 13,281 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pressley is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A variant of Presley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,281 people named Pressley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,247 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,182.

#2,713

rank among US surnames

13,281

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #2,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,704	Bales	13,326	23,169
#2,705	Bourgeois	13,325	23,170
#2,706	Carrington	13,320	23,179
#2,707	Jasso	13,318	23,183
#2,708	Ko	13,312	23,193
#2,709	Stockton	13,306	23,203
#2,710	Graf	13,301	23,212

Who is named Pressley

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

54% of people named Pressley identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 54%
Black (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pressleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Toni Pressley
American soccer player, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pressley

Pressley has the Soundex code P624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P624.

Questions

Where does the surname Pressley come from?: A variant of Presley.
How common is the surname Pressley?: 13,281 people in the United States had the surname Pressley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,247 Americans. It ranked 2,713th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pressley?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Pressley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pressley?: Toni Pressley, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Pressley most common?: Wikidata records people named Pressley in the United States.
Is the surname Pressley getting more or less common?: More common. 12,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,281 in 2010, up 9.0%.