Precieux Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Precieux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 37 | 1:34,957 | 6,870 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Précieux (1) are calculated separately.
Precieux (1,862) may also be a first name.
Precieux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Precieux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Precieux is found most frequently in Mauritius. It can appear in the variant forms: Précieux. For other potential spellings of Precieux click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Precieux? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Precieux live; 54 percent live in Southern Africa and 54 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 176,474th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 1,862 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Mauritius, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 34,957. In Mauritius it is mostly found in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 86 percent live, Port Louis District, where 11 percent live and Moka District, where 3 percent live. Barring Mauritius it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent live and Haiti, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Précieux | 96 | 1 | / |
| Brecieux | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bracieux | 75 | 14 | / |
| Bercieux | 75 | 3 | / |
| Preciocus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preszex | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burciegues | 56 | 1 | / |
| Barcieugues | 53 | 3 | / |
| Proszex | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Precieux
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