Prestney Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Prestney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prestney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
England551:1,013,05650,089
Australia531:509,35338,491
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England421:580,36629,847
Jersey31:17,2942,528

Prestney Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prestney has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Prestney click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prestney? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,202,518th most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. Prestney occurs mostly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Prestney live; 61 percent live in Australasia and 61 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 67,587. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Taranaki Region, where 30 percent reside, Bay of Plenty Region, where 21 percent reside and Wellington Region, where 18 percent reside. Beside New Zealand it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent reside and Australia, where 27 percent reside.

Prestney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prestney has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Prestney surname expanded 131 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Prestney Last Name Statistics demography

Prestney earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.74% less than the national average, earning $40,871 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pretney930/
Prestnes8842/
Prestner885/
Preistner821/
Pretner80101/
Prestni801/
Pritney801/
Prettner75553/
Preitner7557/
Pristner7549/
Prechtner7153/
Preithner7115/
Pritny711/
Pritne711/
Pritner6754/
Phretna6736/
Prystennyi673/
Pristennyy673/
Prestihnni671/
Pretnis671/
Prettna670/
Praitner6321/
Pristennaya636/
Prittner631/
Pritna573/
Pritnit5347/
Prihtna5324/
Pritnga5310/
Praitna533/
Phritni531/

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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 Prestney
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