Prehl Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prehl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prehl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2481:324,61932,384
Brazil1041:2,058,40765,034
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Prehl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prehl is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prehl? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 746,827th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Prehl live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Prehl is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 324,619. In Germany Prehl is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 37 percent are found, Saxony, where 23 percent are found and Thuringia, where 15 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Prehl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Prehl has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Prehl surname rose 229 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prehl Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Prehl last name are 37.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.91% being registered with the political party.

Prehl earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proehl911,165/
Prehll9150/
Preehl9119/
Priehl915/
Praehl910/
Prel89642/
Prhl891/
Phroehl831/
Prell804,831/
Pröhl801,922/
Priel80871/
Pruel80609/
Presl80374/
Preel80287/
Preul80212/
Proel80186/
Prael80165/
Pråhl8060/
Prøhl8027/
Prühl8012/
Pryhl8011/
Prihl808/
Pprel803/
Przel802/
Prelt800/
Prl753/
Proell73473/
Pruell7371/
Priell7313/
Phrael736/
Prihll731/
Pröhll731/
Prrell731/
Phreel731/
Pril672,166/
Pryl67504/
Prelova67182/
Prelová676/
Prýl673/
Prll672/
Phruell672/
Prlp671/
Pprl671/
Präl671/
Prlh671/
Hprl671/
Prrzell670/

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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 Prehl
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