Prekop Surname

240,995th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Prekop Surname User-submission:

The surname Prekop derived from the Slovakian word priekopa, meaning 'ditch'.

Prekop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia8551:6,241554
United States2281:1,589,732106,920
Hungary1841:53,3495,646
Czechia1401:75,95312,741
Poland1391:273,44433,454
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
France151:4,428,181244,602
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Croatia81:528,57638,675
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England41:13,929,515290,718
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

The alternate forms: Prékop (12) are calculated separately.

Prekop Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Prekop derived from the Slovakian word priekopa, meaning 'ditch'.

- inconspicuous

Prekop Last Name Facts

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

Prekop (Russian: Прекоп) is more frequently found in Slovakia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Prékop. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prekop? popularity and diffusion

It is the 240,995th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,392,734 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Prekop live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 68 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Prekop is most frequent in Slovakia, where it is carried by 855 people, or 1 in 6,241. In Slovakia Prekop is most prevalent in: Trenčín Region, where 79 percent are found, Nitra Region, where 6 percent are found and Trnava Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Slovakia it exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Hungary, where 11 percent are found.

Prekop Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Prekop are 5.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.46% registered to vote for the political party.

Prekop earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.46% more than the national average, earning $43,347 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prékop9412/
Przekop921,219/
Prezkop9288/
Prekopp9260/
Preskop9218/
Priekop9211/
Prekoup921/
Prekope921/
Przekopp864/
Prokop8325,066/
Prakop83624/
Prykop83335/
Prikop83295/
Precop83228/
Prekob83175/
Prekov832/
Prekopová80870/
Preitkopf8041/
Prekopova8021/
Prokopp77527/
Prokoph77315/
Prokopf77191/
Pirkopf7782/
Prescop7731/
Precope7718/
Prockop7717/
Prikope7714/
Przykop772/
Perkoup771/
Prekhov771/
Prokoop770/
Prekoppová7524/
Przykopp7110/
Precoppe716/
Prescopt712/
Pierkopf711/
Pricop6710,641/
Pyrkov671,693/
Procop67945/
Prakob67267/
Precob67111/
Prakap6791/
Prokob6770/
Příkop6748/
Perkap6731/
Prykob6723/
Prokap6715/
Prikov6715/
Prékopová6713/
Príkopová6711/
Prikopova677/
Prykov674/
Pracop674/
Prykopova671/
Percop670/

Prekop Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prekop in the Russian language
Прекопprekop-

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