Paisley Family History
Paisley Name Meaning
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Paisley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Paisley families
 32 - 62  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Paisley families
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42 - 81 15 - 41 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Paisley families
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50 - 98 17 - 49 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Paisley Family Origin
Paisley Immigration Information
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Paisley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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