Pretei Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Pretei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Pretei (40) may also be a first name.
Pretei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pretei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pretei is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pretei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pretei is the 4,427,875th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Pretei reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Pretei is also the 1,614,485th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 40 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 94 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and Colombia, where 5 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Pretei
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