Pretorious Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Pretorious Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Pretorious (27) may also be a first name.
Pretorious Demographics
Average Pretorious Salary in
South Africa
R 480,564
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
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.
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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 Pretorious
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