Pretyman Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Pretyman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the prettyman', i.e. the comely or clever one (v. pretty in Skeat's Dict). A surname of East Anglian parentage; still found in Suffolk. The name has flourished across the Atlantic.

1631. Peter Prettiman, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

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Pretyman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia481:562,41041,290
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Pretyman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the prettyman', i.e. the comely or clever one (v. pretty in Skeat's Dict). A surname of East Anglian parentage; still found in Suffolk. The name has flourished across the Atlantic.

1631. Peter Prettiman, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1635. William Prettiman, rector of Hilburgh, Norfolk: ibid.

1669. Married — Thomas Prittman and Margaret Banes: St. James, Clerkenwell.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Pretty (q.v.) + man.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

PRETTIMAN: Pretty, besides its usually recognized meanings, has in Scotland a variety of significations, as small, neat, mean or contemptible, handsome, polite and accomplished, brave and intrepid. Jamieson. The Messieurs Prettyman have, therefore, excellent scope for guessing at the true character of the founder of their name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Brettmann; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pretyman Last Name Facts

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

Pretyman has its highest incidence in Australia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Pretyman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretyman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pretyman is the 2,255,512th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 68 percent of Pretyman are found; 68 percent are found in Australasia and 68 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Pretyman is most widely held in Australia, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 562,410. In Australia it is most common in: Tasmania, where 88 percent are found and New South Wales, where 13 percent are found. Other than Australia Pretyman occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 14 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Pretyman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pretyman has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 59 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prettyman943,181/
Preetyman941/
Prethyman940/
Prettymank891/
Preettyman891/
Protyman880/
Prityman880/
Pirtyman880/
Prettiman8270/
Perttyman822/
Prittyman820/
Pratiman756/
Perteman750/
Proteman750/
Prestemon71128/
Pertemann711/
Pertteman710/
Pritteman710/
Pritemon631/

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