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Preece Surname Meaning

Welsh (especially Herefordshire): Anglicized form of the patronymic ap Rhys also spelled ap Res ‘son of Rhys’.

Preece is interchangeable with Price, the more common pronunciation of the name.

It is also a habitational name either from Prees in Shropshire or Preese in Lancashire.

Both placenames derive from Proto-Welsh prês ‘brushwood, copse, grove’ (Welsh prys).

Confusion between this name and the first is likely.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Preece families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Preece family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Preece families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 32 Preece families living in Ontario. This was about 39% of all the recorded Preece's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Preece families in 1911.
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What did your Preece ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the Canada named Preece. 38% of Preece men worked as a Farmer.

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Top Male Occupations In 1921

  • Farmer
    38%
  • Engineer
    12%
  • Labourer
    9%
  • Machinist
    9%

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Passenger Lists

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Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Preece life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1956, and highest in 1992. The average life expectancy for Preece in 1942 was 57, and 69 in 2004.

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