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
Pretoria is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur 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 Pretoria is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Pretoria occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pretoria are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 419,319th most widespread first name globally It is held by 420 people.
The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Pretoria is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent are found, Free State, where 33 percent are found and Gauteng, where 33 percent are found. Other than South Africa Pretoria is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent are found and Uganda, where 20 percent are found.
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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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