Prettenhofer Surname

650,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Prettenhofer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prettenhofer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria3521:24,1923,800
Germany761:1,059,28271,604
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Slovakia101:533,64560,629
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
France31:22,140,907385,998

Prettenhofer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prettenhofer is found in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prettenhofer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 650,013th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,672,142 people. Prettenhofer occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Prettenhofer live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Prettenhofer is most widely held in Austria, where it is held by 352 people, or 1 in 24,192. In Austria Prettenhofer is most numerous in: Styria, where 83 percent reside, Vienna, where 10 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 4 percent reside. Not including Austria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Prettenhofer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Prettenhofer surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Prettenhofer earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.11% more than the national average, earning $54,847 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prettenhoffer967/
Brettenhofer9211/
Prettenhoferová895/
Prettenhofferová863/
Breitenhofer836/
Bardenhofer707/
Burr-Edenhofer696/

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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 Prettenhofer
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