de Preux Surname

781,947th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 362 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

de Preux Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Preux 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
Switzerland3421:24,0143,786
England61:9,286,343223,652
France61:11,070,454349,096
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Preux Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Preux is found most in Switzerland. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 781,947th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of de Preux live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is carried by 342 people, or 1 in 24,014. In Switzerland de Preux is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 60 percent live, Canton of Vaud, where 23 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 12 percent live. Beside Switzerland de Preux exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

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 Preu9310/
des Preaux891/
de Proux881/
de Pree80406/
de Prie80109/
de Prey8031/
de Pruis7594/
de Pruyt751/
de Preit751/
de Prrey750/
de Preist715/
de Pró714/
de Pruyck711/
de Proust711/
de Prai6716/
de Proy6710/
De-Pree671/
de Prais637/
de Praia633/
de Prijck5983/
da Praia5016/
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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 Preux
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