de Preez Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Preez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Preez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

de Preez Last Name Facts

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

de Preez is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of de Preez are found; 77 percent are found in Southern Africa and 77 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa de Preez is primarily found in: Mpumalanga, where 70 percent reside, Western Cape, where 20 percent reside and Free State, where 10 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

de Preez Last Name Statistics demography

de Preez earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.63% more than the national average, earning R 391,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Prez93690/
de Pree93406/
des Prez888/
de Pre86132/
de Presce824/
de Prietz821/
de Presse821/
de Preest820/
de Prie80109/
de Pret8073/
de Prey8031/
de Prée8026/
de Preu8010/
de Pres804/
da Prez803/
De-Pree801/
De-Prez801/
de Prest75475/
de Praes7510/
des Pres758/
da Prece752/
de Pries751/
de Preës751/
de Preit751/
de Prrey750/
de Pra711,209/
de Pré71136/
de Prá7112/
de Preist715/
de Prè713/
de Pry712/
de Pri711/
de Prai6716/
de Proy6710/
des Precht671/
de Prit671/
De-Pret671/
de Près671/

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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 Preez
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