Preffitt Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Preffitt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preffitt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937

Preffitt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Preffitt is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Preffitt.

How Common Is The Last Name Preffitt? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Preffitt are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States Preffitt is most numerous in: Missouri, where 61 percent are found, District of Columbia, where 4 percent are found and Maryland, where 4 percent are found.

Preffitt Last Name Statistics demography

Preffitt earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9% less than the national average, earning $39,264 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proffitt8813,501/
Priffitt882/
Proefitt881/
Perffitt880/
Prefit8634/
Preffette821/
Proiffitt821/
Profitt802,836/
Proffit802,664/
Perfitt80472/
Perffit801/
Preffet801/
Peyrefitte78505/
Payrefitte781/
Prefi7724/
Proffett7537/
Proffith756/
Profittt751/
Proffiet751/
Prefette751/
Perfiett750/
Priffith750/
Profit713,037/
Perfit7185/
Prefet7119/
Peyrefite714/
Prifit713/
Prefis712/
Prefie712/
Preffy710/
Profijt67419/
Perfett6782/
Preffer6770/
Profeit6751/
Proffet6733/
Përzefi679/
Profiet676/
Prefete676/
Perfait673/
Profith672/
Profett672/
Perfeit671/
Profhit671/
Peyrefette671/
Prefeth671/
Praffet670/

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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 Preffitt
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