Prefol Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
New Caledonia

Prefol Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prefol 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
France1131:587,81278,453
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Préfol (5) are calculated separately.

Prefol Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prefol is most common in France. It may be found as: Préfol. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prefol? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,573,888th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Prefol is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Prefol live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 587,812. In France Prefol is mostly found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 44 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 13 percent live. Outside of France Prefol exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 8 percent live and New Caledonia, where 3 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
Préfol945/
Prefole922/
Profol831/
Perfoll77159/
Prifold7718/
Prafool772/
Préfole771/
Presfault671/
Perfollová633/
Perfahl62129/
Perfall6233/
Perphol622/
Praphol621/
Profahl621/
Pearfall572/
Pierfall571/
Peurfall570/
Perfalova532/
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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 Prefol
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