Praetorius Surname
Approximately 778 people bear this surname
Praetorius Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 382 | 1:210,747 | 23,905 |
| United States | 231 | 1:1,569,086 | 105,843 |
| Sweden | 51 | 1:193,074 | 13,358 |
| Brazil | 43 | 1:4,978,473 | 128,213 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Praetorius Demographics
Average Praetorius Salary in
United States
$54,793 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Praetorius Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Praetorius Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Praetorius is found most in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Praetorius? popularity and diffusion
The last name Praetorius is the 440,082nd most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 9,367,026 people. The last name Praetorius occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Praetorius are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Praetorius is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 382 people, or 1 in 210,747. In Germany Praetorius is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live, Bavaria, where 11 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and Sweden, where 7 percent live.
Praetorius Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Praetorius has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 3,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Praetorius Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Praetorius are 30.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.5% being registered with the political party.
The amount Praetorius earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 7.78% more than the national average, earning R 256,116 per year; in United States they earn 26.99% more than the national average, earning $54,793 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.35% less than the national average, earning $46,526 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pretorius | 95 | 94,248 | / |
| Pratorius | 95 | 63 | / |
| Praetorious | 95 | 1 | / |
| Preaetorious | 91 | 1 | / |
| Preetorius | 90 | 41 | / |
| Proetorius | 90 | 9 | / |
| Pretoorius | 90 | 2 | / |
| Pretourius | 90 | 1 | / |
| Prettorius | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pretoroius | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pretoriuss | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pruetorius | 90 | 0 | / |
| Praetoriusová | 87 | 1 | / |
| Prätorius | 84 | 412 | / |
| Protorius | 84 | 2 | / |
| Preterius | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pretorıus | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pretarius | 84 | 1 | / |
| Prättorius | 80 | 1 | / |
| Prätoriusová | 73 | 7 | / |
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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 Praetorius
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