Find out how popular the last name Persails is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Persails.

Persails, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Persails surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Persails in America

Persails is the 122314th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Persails surname appeared 141 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Persails.

We can also compare 2010 data for Persails to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Persails

The surname "PERSAILS" is believed to have originated in the Normandy region of northern France during the early Middle Ages. It is thought to be derived from the Old French words "per" meaning "rock" and "saille" meaning "to project or jut out." This suggests the name may have initially referred to someone who lived near a prominent rocky outcropping or cliff.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, a comprehensive survey of landholdings commissioned by William the Conqueror. Here, a nobleman named Rainulf Persails is listed as holding estates in the English county of Wiltshire, indicating the name had already spread from Normandy to England by the late 11th century.

In the 13th century, records show a Hugues Persails serving as a knight under King Louis IX of France during the Seventh Crusade to the Holy Land from 1248-1254. Upon his return, Hugues was granted lands near the village of Persailles, likely named after his family, in the Île-de-France region.

During the Renaissance period, Jacques Persails (1505-1572) was a renowned French architect and engineer who helped design several notable buildings and fortifications in Paris and other cities under the patronage of King Henry II.

In England, the name took on various spellings such as Persall, Persaile, and Persell. One notable bearer was Sir Thomas Persall (1634-1717), a member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of London in 1698.

Another prominent figure was Marie-Anne Persails (1722-1808), a French-born artist and portraitist who spent much of her career working in Italy and whose paintings now hang in museums across Europe.

Over time, branches of the Persails family migrated to other parts of Europe and beyond, carrying the name to new regions while further diversifying its spelling variations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Persails

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Persails.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Persails was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Persails has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Persails was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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