Pretorias Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Pretorias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Pretorias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pretorias Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pretorias occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pretorias click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pretorias? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pretorias is the 8,193,072nd most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Pretorias is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Pretorias are found; 60 percent are found in Southern Africa and 60 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Pretorias is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 50 percent live and Western Cape, where 50 percent live. Besides South Africa Pretorias occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, 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 Pretorias
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