de Preester Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Preester Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Preester 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
Belgium1301:88,43613,772
France441:1,509,607143,950

de Preester Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Preester is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 1,300,225th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of de Preester reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 88,436. In Belgium de Preester is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 98 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 2 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Belgium de Preester is found in one country. It is also common in France, where 25 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 Preeter952/
de Priester91291/
de Preetere9120/
de Preter901,428/
de Preste901/
de Prestes869/
de Preiter863/
de Pryster860/
de Prete8454/
de Preitere827/
De-Priester821/
de Preytere821/
de Pretes8019/
de Priete8011/
De-Preter804/
de Prette801/
da Prestes761/
di Prete74330/
de Preti7420/
de Preta7420/
de Praitere7324/
de Pretis70168/
de Pretre7025/
de Pretti705/
de Prieta701/
de Pretty701/
de Prethuis641/
di Preta6340/
de Prêtre6049/
di Pretti6016/
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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 Preester
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