The Paisley surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,980 people carried this name — #10,721 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,838 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 12 births for the Paisley name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Dublin and Antrim.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 95 people named Paisley.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Paisley in American newspapers,
1900–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,474 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Paisley,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bob Paisley 1919–1996 · association football coach -
Melvyn R. Paisley 1924–2001 · engineer -
Ian Paisley 1926–2014 · politician -
Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's 1931– · politician -
Ian Paisley Jr 1966– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 38 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paisley.
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