de Preter Surname

272,520th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Preter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Preter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,3001:8,8441,255
Netherlands861:196,36327,376
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
United States71:51,779,848968,877
France51:13,284,544357,392
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Preter Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Preter occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 272,520th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 5,103,323 people. The last name de Preter occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Preter are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,300 people, or 1 in 8,844. In Belgium de Preter is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 4 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Belgium it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

de Preter Last Name Statistics demography

de Preter earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 74.51% less than the national average, earning $11,000 USD per year.

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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 Preter
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