Pretoria Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pretoria Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Pretoria (420) may also be a first name.
Pretoria Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pretoria Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pretoria is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pretoria? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Pretoria occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pretoria live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 419,319th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 420 people.
Pretoria is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Pretoria is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent live, Free State, where 33 percent live and Gauteng, where 33 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 20 percent live.
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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 Pretoria
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