Preault Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Preault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Preault 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
France1511:439,88663,493
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Preault Last Name Facts

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

The last name Preault occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Preault? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,391,595th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Preault live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 439,886. In France it is most numerous in: Pays de la Loire, where 64 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 13 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Apart from France Preault occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 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
Prheault931/
Prault92430/
Preaut9269/
Praul83233/
Preul83212/
Praut8319/
Pralt837/
Preaud77246/
Praust7761/
Preaus7760/
Preauy771/
Prautl771/
Prautt771/
Praull771/
Prauhl771/
Phraul770/
Prat7324,070/
Preu73833/
Pral73581/
Prau73186/
Prautch711/
Prautsh710/
Prausel710/
Pratt67162,427/
Prats6717,625/
Prout678,341/
Prahl675,167/
Praud673,930/
Prall672,667/
Prast671,653/
Praus671,092/
Pratl67501/
Praat67237/
Prautsch67187/
Pradt6797/
Prauß6795/
Prhat6774/
Proul6751/
Pratp6745/
Prasl6740/
Prhal6734/
Praal6727/
Praux6713/
Prosselt676/
Prazt675/
Phral673/
Prauz673/
Phreu673/
Prolt672/
Phrat672/
Praët672/
Praël672/
Prgal671/
Prahalth671/
Pratš671/
Hprat671/
Prald670/
Pruot670/
Prauh670/
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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 Preault
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