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 last name Pretory occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Pretóry. Click here for other possible spellings of Pretory.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretory? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Pretory reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States Pretory is most numerous in: New York, where 80 percent live and New Jersey, where 20 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 22 percent live and Germany, where 9 percent live.

Pretory Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pretory last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the 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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