Prefer Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Prefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Prefer (35) may also be a first name.
Prefer Demographics
Average Prefer Salary in
United States
$53,508 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Prefer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prefer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prefer occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Prefer.
How Common Is The Last Name Prefer? popularity and diffusion
Prefer is the 1,806,862nd most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Prefer live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America. Prefer is also the 1,744,716th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 35 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 34 percent are found, Florida, where 26 percent are found and New Jersey, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Prefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Prefer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prefer surname expanded 792 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Prefer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Prefer are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.
Prefer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.01% more than the national average, earning $53,508 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priefer | 92 | 401 | / |
| Preefer | 92 | 72 | / |
| Preffer | 92 | 70 | / |
| Preifer | 92 | 16 | / |
| Prefere | 92 | 6 | / |
| Prefier | 92 | 1 | / |
| Preufer | 92 | 1 | / |
| Prefert | 92 | 0 | / |
| Prefe | 91 | 5 | / |
| Preiffer | 86 | 72 | / |
| Preifert | 86 | 2 | / |
| Prieffer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Preuffer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Prifer | 83 | 106 | / |
| Profer | 83 | 68 | / |
| Pryfer | 83 | 64 | / |
| Prefet | 83 | 19 | / |
| Perfer | 83 | 5 | / |
| Prefre | 83 | 3 | / |
| Prefie | 83 | 2 | / |
| Prafer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pirfer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Prefed | 83 | 1 | / |
| Priefe | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pfreiffer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Proffer | 77 | 1,424 | / |
| Priffer | 77 | 18 | / |
| Prifert | 77 | 14 | / |
| Praifer | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pryffer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Propfer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Prefeth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfrifer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Preffet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pherfer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pfroepffer | 75 | 1 | / |
| Prefa | 73 | 288 | / |
| Prefi | 73 | 24 | / |
| Pherffer | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pfierfer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pfriffer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pfeirfer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Propheer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfirffer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Profir | 67 | 2,903 | / |
| Profyr | 67 | 119 | / |
| Prefit | 67 | 34 | / |
| Prifej | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pfeirffer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Prefis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phierffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Préfet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preffy | 67 | 0 | / |
| Priffe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Prefer
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis