Presland
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from the village of Priestland, in Scotland, which is from Old English prēost (“priest”) + land (“(cultivated) land”).
Proper noun
editPresland (plural Preslands)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Presland is the 5446th most common surname in England, belonging to 1306 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Presland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.