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 more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Pretóry. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretory? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pretory is the 4,116,508th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Pretory live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name 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 Pretory is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 80 percent live and New Jersey, where 20 percent live. Other than The United States this last name exists 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 holding the Pretory surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with 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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