Preton Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Preton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Preton (23) may also be a first name.

Preton Last Name Facts

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

Preton is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Preton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Preton live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. Preton is also the 2,239,265th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 23 people.

It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 33 percent reside, Florida, where 17 percent reside and Kansas, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 29 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.

Preton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Preton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Preton surname fell 45 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Preton Last Name Statistics demography

Preton earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.12% less than the national average, earning $16,775 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 Preton
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