Preval Surname

101,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,647 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Preval Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preval Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti3,6011:2,967408
Cuba4001:28,8071,523
United States3801:953,83971,121
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
France761:873,983102,402
England481:1,160,79354,689
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guernsey51:6,5311,136
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Préval (11) are calculated separately.

Preval (110) may also be a first name.

Preval Last Name Facts

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

The last name Preval is found most in Haiti. It can appear as a variant: Préval. For other possible spellings of Preval click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Preval? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 101,590th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,568,226 people. The last name Preval occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Preval are found; 88 percent are found in Caribbean and 78 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 895,203rd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 110 people.

The surname is most common in Haiti, where it is held by 3,601 people, or 1 in 2,967. In Haiti Preval is mostly found in: Nord, where 33 percent are found, Ouest, where 32 percent are found and Nord-Ouest, where 16 percent are found. Beside Haiti this surname occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Cuba, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.

Preval Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Preval has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Preval surname increased 5,429 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Preval Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Preval surname are 32.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.11% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Preval earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.19% more than the national average, earning $45,388 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.68% less than the national average, earning $43,385 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Préval9411/
Prevail9245/
Prevalt924/
Prevale922/
Preyval921/
Presval921/
Preveal921/
Prevall921/
Prevault86259/
Prevatil8612/
Prevaltt863/
Prevalle863/
Prevatel861/
Pyrevale861/
Prival83354/
Proval83283/
Pryval83154/
Praval8373/
Perval8329/
Prewal8314/
Prevol834/
Prebal833/
Pirval831/
Prevautel8031/
Prevalova807/
Prevalldt801/
Pervall7799/
Prempal7721/
Prajval7713/
Provall7713/
Pierval7711/
Pervail7710/
Pervale777/
Prevolt775/
Pirvall773/
Pirvale773/
Privale772/
Pearval771/
Preiwal771/
Prebeal770/
Prevotel71162/
Privalle717/
Prévault715/
Privault713/
Pierrval711/
Prebhale711/
Preswald711/
Preswall711/
Preywald710/
Pervault710/
Pervaile710/
Privalova6712,260/
Pryvalova671,360/
Perbal67354/
Prawal6799/
Prowal6764/
Perwal6741/
Prybal6716/
Provol6713/
Pirbal6711/
Priwal6710/
Privol675/
Perual672/
Pervalova672/
Preeswale672/
Pribal672/
Pirwal671/
Payrewale671/
Pyrbal671/
Perrvault671/
Prévautel671/

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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
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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 Preval
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