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There are approximately 2,515 people named Press in the UK. That makes it the 3,761th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 40 are named Press.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Wales

Language of origin

Welsh

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From name of parent

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The Press surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PRESS. See Prest. The O.Fr. prcsf, ready, willing, is perhaps a likelier origin. Prest and Le Prest are common H.R. surnames. See Prest, below.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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