Prevel Surname

263,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Prevel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prevel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,3391:49,6066,475
Guernsey511:1,264261
United States441:8,237,703362,142
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
England51:11,143,612252,590
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jersey81:6,4851,119
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Prével (12) are calculated separately.

Prevel (13) may also be a first name.

Prevel Last Name Facts

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

Prevel occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Prével. Click here for other possible spellings of Prevel.

How Common Is The Last Name Prevel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 263,444th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,900,838 people. The surname Prevel is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Prevel reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Prevel is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.

Prevel is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 1,339 people, or 1 in 49,606. In France Prevel is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 48 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 12 percent live. Excluding France it is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Guernsey, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Prevel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prevel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 4,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prevel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Prevel surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

Prevel earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning $44,158 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prével9412/
Prevele927/
Prevell922/
Preveal921/
Prevelle86104/
Previtel861/
Previl834,824/
Pravel8377/
Pervel8351/
Privel8345/
Provel8334/
Pirvel8320/
Prevail7745/
Previll7736/
Provell7716/
Previle7714/
Pervell7710/
Privell771/
Prebele771/
Prajvel771/
Provehl771/
Privelt770/
Perveil770/
Proveil770/
Prebeal770/
Preville711,355/
Privelle712/
Prebitel710/
Pervil67341/
Prowel67115/
Prawel6783/
Pravil6772/
Provil6714/
Privil675/
Prévil673/
Presville673/
Privyl673/
Privelova673/

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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 Prevel
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