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{{Family name
| name = Presley
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| pronunciation = Presley
| meaning = derived from "son of John"
| region = [[England|English]]
| origin = Anglo-Saxon
| related names = Pressly, Pressley
| footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
}}
The [[surname]] '''Presley''' and variants '''Pressley''' and '''Pressly''' are ultimately of [[England|English]] origin.
Later, the name made its way across the border to [[Scotland]] and to the [[United States]] where it came to prominence in the person of [[Elvis Presley]], the American music icon. Today Presley ranks as the 1,825 most common [[surname]] in the [[United States]].
Also:
* [[Annette Presley]], New Zealand businesswoman
* [[Brian Presley]], American actor
* [[Gerald Presley]], Canadian bobsledder
* [[Gladys Presley]], Elvis Presley's mother
* [[Harold Ray Presley]], American law enforcement officer
* [[Hovis Presley]], English comedian
* [[Jenna Presley]], American porn star
* [[Jim Presley]], American baseball player
* [[Kirk Presley]], American baseball player
* [[Leo Presley]], American footballer
* [[Lisa Marie Presley]], Elvis Presley's daughter
* [[Priscilla Presley]], Elvis Presley's wife
* [[Reg Presley]], English singer/songwriter
* [[Sam Davis Presley]], American sailor
* [[Sharon Presley]], American activist
* [[Vernon Presley]], Elvis Presley's father
* [[Wayne Presley]], American ice hockey player
As a first or other name:
* [[James Presley Ball]], American daguerreotypist
* [[Presley Chweneyagae]], South African actor
* [[Presley Underwood Ewing]], American politician
* [[Presley T. Glass]], American politician
* [[Presley Neville O’Bannon]], American soldier
* [[Presley Marion Rixey]], American physician
* [[Presley Spruance]], American merchant
Variants of the name:
* [[Ebenezer Erskine Pressly]]
* [[Jaime Pressly]], American actress. (My Name Is Earl, Joe Dirt)
* [[Harold Pressley]], former American basketball player
* [[Henry Roosevelt Pressley]], blues and soul instrumentalist
* [[Janet Pressley]], American singer/songwriter
* [[Robert Pressley]], former NASCAR driver
* [[Steven Pressley]], Scottish footballer
==References==
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*[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Presley, UK Surname distribution search (1998)]
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