Prefot Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Prefot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prefot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1001:664,22785,408
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Préfot (2) are calculated separately.

Prefot Last Name Facts

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

Prefot occurs most in France. It can be rendered as: Préfot. Click here for further possible spellings of Prefot.

How Common Is The Last Name Prefot? popularity and diffusion

The surname Prefot is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Prefot reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 664,227. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 53 percent reside, Grand Est, where 13 percent reside and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 12 percent reside. Beside France Prefot is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 6 percent reside and China, where 1 percent reside.

Prefot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prefot has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prefot surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Préfot942/
Preefoot860/
Profot833/
Prefat832/
Prefos831/
Preifo831/
Prefaut7765/
Perfoot770/
Prefa73288/
Prowfoot710/
Pearfoot710/
Prefas6722/
Profat672/
Prafat671/
Phretphot671/
Presfault671/
Prefach6249/
Pruifoy624/
Praphot623/
Prophat620/
Prophot620/
Prefeau620/
Proffat620/
Phraphot57247/
Phretpha574/
Preephat571/
Prophatt571/
Prifa553/
Phraephat5323/
Phritphot536/
Prafad5018/
Prifah507/
Prayfa501/
Prepha501/

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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 Prefot
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