Preguica Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Preguica Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 66 | 1:3,243,550 | 93,057 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Preguiça (122) are calculated separately.
Preguica Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Preguica Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Preguica occurs in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Preguiça. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Preguica? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Preguica live; 49 percent live in South America and 44 percent live in Luso-South America.
Preguica is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 3,243,550. In Brazil it is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 41 percent reside, Mato Grosso do Sul, where 30 percent reside and Mato Grosso, where 27 percent reside. Other than Brazil Preguica occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 31 percent reside and France, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preguiça | 96 | 122 | / |
| Preguca | 93 | 1 | / |
| Paraguica | 82 | 6 | / |
| Paraguaica | 78 | 25 | / |
| Paragueica | 78 | 16 | / |
| Prekic | 71 | 16 | / |
| Prucak | 71 | 13 | / |
| Pricak | 71 | 11 | / |
| Parecagua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Precak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pericak | 67 | 212 | / |
| Parquic | 67 | 50 | / |
| Prečuch | 67 | 27 | / |
| Parecak | 67 | 17 | / |
| Braguca | 67 | 6 | / |
| Precuch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bareguigua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prekoca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boureguiga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Praguga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Brguiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prguago | 67 | 1 | / |
| Proekca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Porecac | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirgaca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Parukca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Piricak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Percuic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pryguch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Przygiecka | 56 | 1 | / |
| Pregekop | 50 | 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 Preguica
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