Prentic Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Prentic Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prentic Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Prentić (298) & Prentiç (1) are calculated separately.

Prentic (14) may also be a first name.

Prentic Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prentic is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Prentić or Prentiç. For other possible spellings of Prentic click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prentic? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prentic is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Prentic reside; 61 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 14 people.

The last name Prentic is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 631,763. In Switzerland Prentic is most common in: Canton of St Gallen, where 100 percent are found. Not including Switzerland Prentic is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 11 percent are found.

Prentic Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prentic has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prentic Last Name Statistics demography

Prentic earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prentić95298/
Prentiç951/
Prentics934/
Prentick931/
Prentich930/
Prentis86987/
Premtic865/
Prentiz862/
Printis7195/
Premtić7137/
Printec7118/
Prentes719/
Premtis712/
Printiz711/
Printik711/
Printique631/
Printes571,844/
Printez571/
Printtez533/
Printets532/
Printesh531/
Printegt530/
Printkova501/

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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 Prentic
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