Pretencio Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Pretencio Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretencio Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines3481:290,91441,719
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Pretencio Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pretencio is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Pretencio.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretencio? popularity and diffusion

Pretencio is the 799,576th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 20,762,239 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pretencio are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 290,914. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Eastern Visayas, where 68 percent reside, Calabarzon, where 12 percent reside and Davao Region, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Hong Kong, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Pretencio
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