Pretlow Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pretlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6641:545,87245,193
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:635,68042,122

Pretlow (20) may also be a first name.

Pretlow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pretlow is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pretlow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretlow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 496,702nd most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. The surname Pretlow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pretlow reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pretlow is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 20 people.

The surname Pretlow is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 664 people, or 1 in 545,872. In The United States Pretlow is most prevalent in: Virginia, where 31 percent are found, Maryland, where 16 percent are found and New York, where 7 percent are found.

Pretlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pretlow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pretlow surname rose 841 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pretlow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pretlow last name are 20.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.64% registered to vote for the party.

Pretlow earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.74% less than the national average, earning $41,966 USD per year.

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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 Pretlow
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