Pretorious Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Pretorious Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretorious Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa641:846,52756,162
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
England71:7,959,723202,100
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Pretorious (27) may also be a first name.

Pretorious Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pretorious occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretorious? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,736,881st most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Pretorious is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Pretorious reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 27 people.

Pretorious is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 846,527. In South Africa Pretorious is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 41 percent live, Gauteng, where 36 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 7 percent live and England, where 6 percent live.

Pretorious Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pretorious has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pretorious last name contracted 64 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pretorious Last Name Statistics demography

Pretorious earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 102.23% more than the national average, earning R 480,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pretorius9594,248/
Pretorios953/
Pretorous952/
Pretourious952/
Praetorious951/
Preaetorious911/
Praetorius90778/
Preetorius9041/
Proetorius909/
Pretoriius908/
Pritorious902/
Pretoorius902/
Pretourius901/
Pretoriuis901/
Pretoriuos901/
Pretoriuss901/
Pretoroius901/
Prettorius901/
Pruetorius900/
Pretrius893/
Pretorus891/
Prieto Rios861/
Pretoreiios860/
Pretoruis841,257/
Prätorius84412/
Prætorius8488/
Pratorius8463/
Pretorias845/
Preturius844/
Pertorius844/
Bretorius842/
Protorius842/
Pretroius841/
Partorius841/
Pretouris841/
Pretarius841/
Pretorıus841/
Preotrius841/
Preterius841/
Pretirius841/
Pritorius841/
Praetorus840/
Preturios840/
Prutorius840/
Pretrus822/
Pretris821/
Prateorius806/
Praetorias803/
Praetories801/
Prättorius801/
Porto Rios801/
Pretoors78129/
Pratorus780/
Preutris780/
Brittorious760/
Prtrus752/
Präturius741/
Pretrisah740/
Barreto Rios7320/
Prieto Reiss731/
Prieto Arias731/
Brtorus71125/
Portors71119/
Pertrus7113/
Purtrus711/
Predrus711/
Pretras711/
Pirtris711/
Partris711/
Pretruś711/
Pertors711/
Pratrus711/
Porto Rosa709/
Brito Rios708/
Porta Rios707/
Prati Rios704/
Prado Rios702/
Porto Oris702/
Pretrisiya701/
Prietoruiz701/
Porto Ruas701/
Pardo Rios701/
Porta-Rios701/
Porto Ruis701/
Proto Rosa701/
Broderious700/
Brittorius700/
Predaris6789/
Prataris6742/
Pertoors6710/
Prieto-Ruiz678/
Breteris675/
Pertruis673/
Portorsi671/
Preiters671/
Pere Torres671/
Piertris671/
Bourterious671/
Portrous671/
Barretoreis671/
Paretarisiy671/
Pertours671/
Proderis671/
Protrias671/
Purtrias671/
Prato Arias671/
Portiros671/
Bertoris671/
Peretres671/
Prieto Ruiz671/
Prtrs671/
Britto Rios671/
Borato Rios671/
Bartoros670/
Preytirs670/
Pradorus670/
Pretters670/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pretorious
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