de Preville Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

de Preville Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Preville 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
France581:1,145,219121,886
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Préville (20) are calculated separately.

de Preville Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Preville is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: de Préville. For other potential spellings of de Preville click here.

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

This surname is the 2,436,415th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Preville are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname de Preville is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,145,219. In France it is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 48 percent are found, Brittany, where 41 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 3 percent are found. Aside from France de Preville occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Hungary, where 2 percent are found and New Caledonia, where 2 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 Préville9720/
Depreville9513/
Dupreville866/
de Berville821/
de Preval8061/
de Brevil809/
Duprevile802/
Deprevail801/
Duberville76282/
Dubreville7657/
Debarville7618/
Deberville7611/
Duperville764/
Duprevil74302/
Depreval745/
Deporvil741/
Dauberville7314/
D'Iberville732/
Daubreville732/
Dubberville730/
de Préval7026/
de Brevel704/
Du Brevil702/
Dubrevill701/
Dubervill701/
Duperevil701/
Debervill700/
Tuberville67678/
de Abreu Vila679/
de Abreu Vale673/
Depuravale671/
Dubbervill670/
Taberville670/
Tiberville670/
Dubruville670/
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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 Preville
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