Preston
English
Etymology
From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.
Pronunciation
Audio (UK) (file) - (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛstən/
Proper noun
Preston (countable and uncountable, plural Prestons)
- An industrial city in Lancashire, England.
- A local government district of Lancashire, the City of Preston.
- Several other towns and villages.
- A suburb of Brighton, East Sussex, otherwise known as Preston Village (OS grid ref TQ3006) [1]
- An area in the borough of Brent, Greater London.
- A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2561). [2]
- A number of places in the United States, including:
- A town in New London County, Connecticut.
- An unincorporatedcommunity, the county seat of Webster County, Georgia.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Idaho.
- A city, the county seat of Fillmore County, Minnesota.
- A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada.
- A community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms
- Long Preston
- Preston Brook
- Preston County
- Preston-le-Skerne
- Preston Park
- Prestonsburg
- Preston-under-Scar
Translations
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Preston is the 736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 47367 individuals. Preston is most common among White (73.18%) and Black/African American (20.4%) individuals.
References
- OS: Brighton
- OS: Kent
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Preston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- postern, pronest, reptons