Presland

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Priestland, in Scotland, which is from Old English prēost (“priest”) + land (“(cultivated) land”).

Proper noun

Presland (plural Preslands)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Presland is the 5446^th most common surname in England, belonging to 1306 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Presland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.