Praekelt Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

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

Praekelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Praekelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Praekelt Last Name Facts

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

Praekelt occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Praekelt? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,543,123rd most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Praekelt occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Praekelt live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 28 percent reside and Western Cape, where 8 percent reside. Barring South Africa Praekelt exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Praekelt Last Name Statistics demography

Praekelt earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.08% less than the national average, earning R 163,776 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prakelt9329/
Praekel933/
Praeckel8818/
Prackelt8812/
Präkelt80253/
Preklet8067/
Proekel801/
Präckelt7512/
Prockelt751/
Praklet6746/
Proeckl6710/
Proechel6399/
Praechil631/
Proclet531/

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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 Praekelt
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