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The paisley Surname

paisley Name Meaning and History

Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place in Renfrewshire, now a suburb of Glasgow. It is first recorded in 1157 as Passeleth, then in 1158 as Paisleth and in 1163 as Passelet, Passelay; it may be derived from Late Latin basilica ‘church’.

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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the paisley family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of paisley Families in the US in 1920
Number of paisley families
 32-62
 11-31		 1-10
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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