Preteni Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kosovo
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Preteni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preteni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kosovo3391:5,492932
Sweden751:131,2909,286
Italy361:1,698,79784,491
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Norway181:285,68329,080
Croatia121:352,38432,084
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Serbia41:1,786,23730,138
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Preteni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Preteni has its highest incidence in Kosovo. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Preteni? popularity and diffusion

The last name Preteni is the 596,518th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Preteni are found; 68 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 65 percent are found in Albano-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Kosovo, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 5,492. In Kosovo Preteni is most common in: District of Mitrovica, where 97 percent are found and District of Pristina, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Kosovo it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 14 percent are found and Italy, where 7 percent are found.

Preteni Last Name Statistics demography

Preteni earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 24.75% less than the national average, earning 260,423 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pretieni9313/
Pretini86637/
Prettini805/
Presteny801/
Prestene800/
Prestine6799/
Pretinha6710/
Pritingi671/
Prestinè671/
Pristene670/
Prittena670/
Prystoinyi5915/

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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 Preteni
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