de Praeter Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Praeter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Praeter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1531:75,14111,924
France201:3,321,136213,627
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

de Praeter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Praeter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Praeter occurs most in Belgium. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of de Praeter.

How Common Is The Last Name de Praeter? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Praeter is the 1,281,391st most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. The last name de Praeter occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of de Praeter are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 75,141. In Belgium de Praeter is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Belgium it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Preter951,428/
de Praetere95198/
de Prater9517/
de Preiter903/
de Preeter902/
de Praitere8624/
de Preitere867/
de Praetère861/
de Preytere861/
De-Praetere861/
De-Preter844/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Praeter
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