Pretkus Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Pretkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretkus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Pretkus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pretkus occurs more in Uruguay more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Pretkus click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretkus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Pretkus is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Pretkus are found; 58 percent are found in South America and 58 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

Pretkus is most frequently held in Uruguay, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 311,978. In Uruguay it is mostly concentrated in: Montevideo Department, where 100 percent are found. Barring Uruguay it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Lithuania, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pratkus864/
Preskus861/
Predkus861/
Preku83102/
Pretkutė801/
Prietkos801/
Prekau7746/
Pretcu7738/
Prekou7718/
Prikus771/
Prekos771/
Prekui771/
Preskou7128/
Preakos718/
Preceus716/
Prekoup711/
Prekupp711/
Precuis711/
Precous711/
Precuse710/
Precu675/
Priku674/
Pritkhup674/
Preicous671/

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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 Pretkus
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