Pretsel Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Scotland

Pretsel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretsel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia301:899,85754,700
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Ukraine151:3,034,846176,305
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Pretsel (13) may also be a first name.

Pretsel Last Name Facts

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

Pretsel (Russian: Прецель) occurs most in Australia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretsel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,333,370th most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Pretsel is primarily found in Europe, where 54 percent of Pretsel are found; 45 percent are found in Australasia and 45 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Pretsel is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 899,857. In Australia Pretsel is mostly found in: Queensland, where 40 percent live, Western Australia, where 37 percent live and New South Wales, where 17 percent live. Besides Australia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 30 percent live and Ukraine, where 22 percent live.

Pretsel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pretsel has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Pretsel surname grew 667 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pretsel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pretsel in the Russian language
Прецельprecel-

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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
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  • 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 Pretsel
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