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.

DNA test information

de Praeter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

de Praeter occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 1,281,391st most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. The surname de Praeter is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Praeter live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 75,141. In Belgium de Praeter is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Belgium this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in France, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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