Pretzer Surname
Approximately 1,574 people bear this surname
Pretzer Surname User-submission:
The Pretzer surname means 'person from Pretzsch', a small town in east Germany. It could also be translated from the old German word preetz, meaning 'person that lives by a river'.
Pretzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 999 | 1:362,822 | 32,330 |
| Germany | 542 | 1:148,534 | 17,848 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 78 | 1:643,829 | 42,510 |
Pretzer Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Pretzer surname means 'person from Pretzsch', a small town in east Germany. It could also be translated from the old German word preetz, meaning 'person that lives by a river'.
- mikepretPretzer Demographics
Average Pretzer Salary in
United States
$48,841 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pretzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pretzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pretzer is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pretzer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 251,650th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,629,953 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Pretzer live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name Pretzer is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 999 people, or 1 in 362,822. In The United States Pretzer is most prevalent in: California, where 25 percent live, Michigan, where 24 percent live and Arizona, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 34 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.
Pretzer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pretzer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pretzer last name increased 1,281 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pretzer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Pretzer last name are 27.83% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.6% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pretzer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 136.78% more than the national average, earning S/. 45,900 per year; in United States they earn 13.19% more than the national average, earning $48,841 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.91% more than the national average, earning $56,099 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preutzer | 93 | 8 | / |
| Praetzer | 93 | 1 | / |
| Preetzer | 93 | 1 | / |
| Prestzer | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pretzier | 93 | 0 | / |
| Prezer | 92 | 36 | / |
| Pretze | 92 | 20 | / |
| Protzer | 86 | 178 | / |
| Pretser | 86 | 101 | / |
| Pratzer | 86 | 99 | / |
| Pritzer | 86 | 77 | / |
| Preizer | 86 | 51 | / |
| Pretzie | 86 | 19 | / |
| Prietze | 86 | 16 | / |
| Prätzer | 86 | 12 | / |
| Preyzer | 86 | 10 | / |
| Preczer | 86 | 8 | / |
| Pertzer | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pretzet | 86 | 1 | / |
| Preezer | 86 | 0 | / |
| Preze | 83 | 64 | / |
| Prettser | 80 | 92 | / |
| Preiczer | 80 | 44 | / |
| Pritzert | 80 | 22 | / |
| Pretcher | 80 | 20 | / |
| Pritzier | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pirzer | 77 | 999 | / |
| Prazer | 77 | 650 | / |
| Prizer | 77 | 281 | / |
| Prozer | 77 | 57 | / |
| Pritze | 77 | 16 | / |
| Preyze | 77 | 16 | / |
| Preeze | 77 | 11 | / |
| Perzer | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pryzer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Preize | 77 | 2 | / |
| Prezey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prezea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Preaze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prezee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prezze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Precer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Predze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pretscher | 75 | 342 | / |
| Prägitzer | 75 | 29 | / |
| Precher | 71 | 21 | / |
| Praizer | 71 | 17 | / |
| Prayzer | 71 | 16 | / |
| Pratser | 71 | 10 | / |
| Prazier | 71 | 8 | / |
| Precier | 71 | 7 | / |
| Prajzer | 71 | 3 | / |
| Prizzer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prytser | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prozher | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preycer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perczer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preicer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Phrazer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Protcer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pratcer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Prezi | 67 | 1,091 | / |
| Preacher | 67 | 504 | / |
| Prize | 67 | 304 | / |
| Pritcher | 67 | 186 | / |
| Prajczer | 67 | 63 | / |
| Pryze | 67 | 15 | / |
| Prájczer | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pritsert | 67 | 9 | / |
| Praiczer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Preicher | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prathcer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pritscer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prezy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfrötzscher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phraizer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preacehr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preecher | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phrazier | 67 | 0 | / |
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