Pretory Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Pretory Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretory Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Pretóry (12) are calculated separately.

Pretory Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pretory is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Pretóry. For other possible spellings of Pretory click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretory? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Pretory live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Pretory is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 80 percent are found and New Jersey, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovakia, where 22 percent are found and Germany, where 9 percent are found.

Pretory Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pretory are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Pretory earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pretóry9512/
Pretoruy930/
Pretore866/
Pretori864/
Pritory863/
Prestori802/
Prettore801/
Pretoruis751,257/
Pretouris751/
Pretari71233/
Pretara71156/
Pretare7128/
Prätori7116/
Pritori7110/
Preteri711/
Pretere710/
Pratore710/
Preterre67348/
Prothery67111/
Pratoori6711/
Prataray672/
Praetere671/
Pristori671/
Prritore671/
Pristore670/

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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 Pretory
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