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 more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pretoria.
How Common Is The Last Name Pretoria? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 420 people.
The surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent reside, Free State, where 33 percent reside and Gauteng, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Pretoria exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.
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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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