Preißner Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Preißner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preißner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4641:173,50320,403
Austria21:4,257,71899,224

Preißner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Preißner is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Preißner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Preißner is the 649,026th most frequently used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. Preißner occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Preißner are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Preißner is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 464 people, or 1 in 173,503. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 35 percent live, Bavaria, where 24 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live.

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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 Preißner
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