Explore the Family Name Presgraves

The meaning of Presgraves

English (Lincolnshire): variant of Presgrave, a habitational name from Prestgrave Copse in Gretton (Northamptonshire), which is recorded as Prestgrave c.1400. The placename derives from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + grāf(a) ‘grove’. This surname is rare in Britain.

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How common is the last name Presgraves in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Presgraves underwent a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 48,776 in popularity in the United States, but this rank dropped by 2.15% to 49,824 in the year 2010. However, the count of individuals bearing the surname Presgraves increased by 3.69%, from 406 in 2000 to 421 in 2010. The proportion per 100k people saw a decrease of 6.67%, going from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.14 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,776	#49,824	-2.15%
Count	406	421	3.69%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Presgraves

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Presgraves also saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, based on information from the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of people with this surname identified as White, but this percentage decreased slightly from 97.04% in 2000 to 95.25% in 2010. Those identifying as having two or more ethnicities also saw a decrease, dropping from 2.22% to 1.66%. Notably, the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic increased from 0% in 2000 to 2.61% in 2010. There were no recorded changes within the Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native categories.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.04%	95.25%	-1.84%
Hispanic	0%	2.61%	0%
Two or More Races	2.22%	1.66%	-25.23%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%