Preveaux Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Preveaux Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preveaux Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France701:948,896108,010
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Préveaux (3) are calculated separately.

Preveaux Last Name Facts

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

The surname Preveaux occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Préveaux. Click here for further potential spellings of Preveaux.

How Common Is The Last Name Preveaux? popularity and diffusion

The last name Preveaux is the 1,736,881st most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Preveaux occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Preveaux live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in France, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 948,896. In France Preveaux is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 66 percent are found, Centre-Val de Loire, where 19 percent are found and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account France it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Czechia, where 1 percent are found.

Preveaux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Preveaux has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Preveaux last name expanded 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Preveaux Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Preveaux last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Preveaux earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.53% more than the national average, earning $54,596 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Préveaux963/
Preveau93122/
Prevaux9325/
Perveaux8813/
Preveu861/
Prevaud80157/
Proveux8030/
Perveux8029/
Prevaut8023/
Préveau801/
Prévaux801/
Prevoux801/
Prevaus801/
Privaux800/
Preva7775/
Prevault75259/
Prieva71176/
Prevas71146/
Prevou7160/
Provax7158/
Prevaz7110/
Prevat719/
Preeva714/
Presva712/
Prevox710/
Prevatt672,086/
Prevaas6733/
Prevash6728/
Prevast674/
Preewad672/
Preewat671/
Prévaut671/
Presvah671/
Pervoux671/
Prevoix671/
Prevahe671/
Preebha671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Preveaux
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