Prenc Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Prenc Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prenc Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia2291:18,4663,801
Australia481:562,41041,290
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Prenc Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prenc occurs more in Croatia more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prenc? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 885,573rd most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. The surname Prenc occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Prenc reside; 75 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 75 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

Prenc is most widely held in Croatia, where it is borne by 229 people, or 1 in 18,466. In Croatia Prenc is primarily found in: Istria County, where 88 percent are found, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 5 percent are found and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Croatia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prenci91128/
Prench916/
Proenc913/
Prencs911/
Prenck911/
Prencke836/
Prentce832/
Prenche830/
Princ801,640/
Preng80304/
Prenz8089/
Prenk8051/
Prync8047/
Princi731,625/
Princz731,318/
Proeng7345/
Praeng7316/
Princk7315/
Princs7312/
Prenke7310/
Prynch739/
Princh739/
Prents738/
Printc738/
Phrenk735/
Hpreng734/
Preung732/
Princc731/
Princë731/
Prueng731/
Prentz730/
Prienz730/
Prengt730/
Princss675/
Pøhrenk673/
Prng672/
Prnq671/
Prnj671/
Prnk671/
Prentts671/
Prentse671/
Prenque671/
Prentss670/
Prehnke670/
Prinche670/

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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 Prenc
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