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Where Does The Last Name Prey Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Prey (Hindi: प्रेय) occurs most in Germany. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prey? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Prey is the 194,901^st most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,381,692 people. The surname Prey is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Prey reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 488,964^th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 322 people.

The surname Prey is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 922 people, or 1 in 87,316. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 35 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent are found and Hesse, where 12 percent are found. Besides Germany it occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 31 percent are found and France, where 14 percent are found.

Prey Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Prey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prey surname rose 286 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Prey Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Prey last name is principally Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Prey surname are 23.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.06% registered to vote for the party.

Prey earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning $44,830 USD per year.