Preteux Surname
Approximately 374 people bear this surname
Preteux Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 370 | 1:179,521 | 27,974 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
The alternate forms: Préteux (1) are calculated separately.
Preteux Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Preteux Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Preteux is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Préteux. For other potential spellings of Preteux click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Preteux? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 763,307th most commonly used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,485,417 people. The surname Preteux occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Preteux are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
Preteux is most widespread in France, where it is held by 370 people, or 1 in 179,521. In France Preteux is most prevalent in: Île-de-France, where 32 percent live, Centre-Val de Loire, where 32 percent live and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 8 percent live. Excluding France this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Préteux | 95 | 1 | / |
| Presteux | 93 | 20 | / |
| Prestex | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pretu | 83 | 15 | / |
| Prestaux | 80 | 40 | / |
| Proteaux | 80 | 23 | / |
| Prateaux | 80 | 5 | / |
| Preitteu | 80 | 0 | / |
| Preutu | 77 | 318 | / |
| Pretus | 77 | 126 | / |
| Pretou | 77 | 36 | / |
| Pretei | 77 | 20 | / |
| Prettu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Preetu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Prehtu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pretie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pretuz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pretuk | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prethu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pretee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pretau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prettie | 71 | 171 | / |
| Preethu | 71 | 63 | / |
| Prestup | 71 | 30 | / |
| Preetee | 71 | 9 | / |
| Preteyi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Prestou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Prettus | 71 | 2 | / |
| Prestus | 71 | 2 | / |
| Prettou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pratoux | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pretous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prethou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pretutt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pretusz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prestud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prestey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pritu | 67 | 1,036 | / |
| Presthus | 67 | 352 | / |
| Prestaut | 67 | 65 | / |
| Preethee | 67 | 5 | / |
| Presteis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preteith | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preattie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Presteia | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Preteux
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