Presley

Presley is the 1,999th most common surname in the United States, shared by 17,640 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 16,900.

By the numbers

People: 17,640
Rank: 1,999th
How common: 1 in 16,900
Per 100,000: 5.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

The English surname is usually a variant of Priestley, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Presley described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 72.1%
Black, not Hispanic 18.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino 2.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Presley

Elvis Presley (1935–1977)American singer and actor
Priscilla Presley (born 1945)American actress and businesswoman
Lisa Marie Presley (1968–2023)American singer-songwriter
Teagan Presley (born 1985)American pornographic actress
Reg Presley (1941–2013)British singer

People named Presley with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Presley

Also a first name

Presley has been given to 36,723 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2014. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.