Prehofer Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Prehofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prehofer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1241:68,67310,554
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Canada121:3,070,466169,836

Prehofer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prehofer is more commonly found in Austria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prehofer? popularity and diffusion

Prehofer is the 1,248,410th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name Prehofer is primarily found in Europe, where 94 percent of Prehofer live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Prehofer is most common in Austria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 68,673. In Austria Prehofer is primarily concentrated in: Upper Austria, where 80 percent live, Vorarlberg, where 10 percent live and Lower Austria, where 6 percent live. Aside from Austria Prehofer is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Prehofer Last Name Statistics demography

Prehofer earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 33.73% more than the national average, earning $66,440 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Praehofer943/
Prehoffer943/
Prähofer88148/
Pirhofer88123/
Perhofer8889/
Prahofer886/
Breihofer8215/
Peroffer751/
Bräuhofer7143/
Perafer672/
Beryhoffer670/
Peraferre591/
Broahover590/
Barahoofar561/
Brahaver501/

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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 Prehofer
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