Pretzel Surname

303,577th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Argentina

Pretzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pretzel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4191:192,13722,243
Argentina3211:133,15711,268
Brazil2441:877,35431,604
United States2191:1,655,064110,387
England121:4,643,172139,951
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Pretzel (370) may also be a first name.

Pretzel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pretzel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Pretzel.

How Common Is The Last Name Pretzel? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pretzel is the 303,577th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,834,704 people. Pretzel is predominantly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Pretzel reside; 46 percent reside in South America and 34 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 451,716th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 370 people.

The surname Pretzel is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 419 people, or 1 in 192,137. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 31 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live. Apart from Germany it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 26 percent live and Brazil, where 20 percent live.

Pretzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pretzel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 252 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pretzel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pretzel are 31.41% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.18% registered to vote for the party.

Pretzel earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.32% less than the national average, earning $43,013 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prietzel931,228/
Praetzel93308/
Pretzell9389/
Proetzel939/
Preatzel932/
Preetzel931/
Preutzel930/
Pretzl92654/
Prezel92104/
Pritzel86500/
Protzel86390/
Pertzel86312/
Prätzel86101/
Pretsel8667/
Pratzel8655/
Prötzel8638/
Pirtzel8619/
Prezell8610/
Prezuel863/
Praezel862/
Priezel862/
Pärtzel861/
Prietzl861/
Pretgel860/
Prezehl860/
Prezl831/
Pretzschel827/
Przestrzel821/
Pfertzel80184/
Pretsell80139/
Pretchel807/
Prätzelt801/
Preczell801/
Priezell801/
Pritzell801/
Phrezell800/
Prettsel800/
Pratzell800/
Prezzell800/
Pritzl771,736/
Perzel77321/
Prezil7785/
Prizel7777/
Precel7770/
Prozel7739/
Pirtzl7738/
Pertzl7720/
Prötzl7712/
Prazel772/
Pretschel750/
Prechel71551/
Perczel71332/
Protsel71112/
Pertsel7167/
Priecel7150/
Prozell7142/
Prayzel7141/
Pritsel7118/
Perzell715/
Praziel714/
Prozuel712/
Precell712/
Priczel711/
Prazell711/
Piertzl711/
Prizl6717/
Perczell679/
Prechsel676/
Persczel675/
Priczell672/
Preichel671/
Prittsel671/
Pirtchel671/
Pritzill670/
Pritchel670/

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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 Pretzel
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