Prechtel Surname

354,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prechtel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prechtel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6061:132,84716,187
United States4091:886,20867,037
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Prechtel Last Name Facts

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

Prechtel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prechtel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prechtel is the 354,583rd most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,102,871 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Prechtel reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 606 people, or 1 in 132,847. In Germany it is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 71 percent reside, Saxony, where 12 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 40 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside.

Prechtel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prechtel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Prechtel surname rose 576 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prechtel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prechtel last name are 32.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 79.73% being registered to vote for the political party.

Prechtel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.37% more than the national average, earning $45,036 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Praechtel9412/
Prechtell944/
Pretchtel940/
Prechtl934,085/
Prectel930/
Prachtel88128/
Prächtel887/
Praechtl887/
Pröchtel886/
Preshtel880/
Pretel868,619/
Preahstel820/
Pretell802,944/
Prestel802,487/
Pretelt80732/
Prettel80134/
Prachtl8022/
Prethel8014/
Prekhtl808/
Prächtl804/
Pretelh804/
Preteel801/
Preatel800/
Preztel800/
Prechtlová7846/
Prechtlova782/
Pretl77252/
Prettelt7554/
Prestell7510/
Preteltt757/
Prethell756/
Prettell756/
Priestel753/
Pretelth751/
Prestiel751/
Prietl71489/
Pretil71225/
Prettl7168/
Prätel7132/
Preitl7132/
Pritel7115/
Prestl719/
Pretél712/
Prétel711/
Prítel711/
Pristel6739/
Prestil6730/
Pretill674/
Preitelová671/
Priztel671/
Praitel671/
Pritell671/
Praytel671/
Presztl671/

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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
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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 Prechtel
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