Press (surname)

Press is a surname with two unrelated origins.

In England and Wales, it derives from Priest or Price.

In Eastern Europe (especially centered around Minsk), it is a Jewish name, likely derived from the Sephardic surname Peres (Perez, Peretz, Perutz).

[1] It also is a metonymic occupational surname that refers to the occupation of someone who ironed clothes, derived from the Yiddish "pres" or flat iron.

[2] People with the surname include:

Gravestone of Solomon Press showing Hebrew name Peretz (פרץ)