Preziosi Surname

137,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Malta

Preziosi Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'precious' or 'valuable' in Italian.

Preziosi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,9681:31,0765,557
United States8531:424,92336,761
France2411:275,61342,384
Canada451:818,79163,991
Venezuela351:862,97413,724
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
Malta181:23,9041,289
England121:4,643,172139,951
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Préziosi (1) are calculated separately.

Preziosi (14) may also be a first name.

Preziosi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'precious' or 'valuable' in Italian.

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Preziosi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Preziosi is carried by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Préziosi. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Preziosi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 137,661st most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,239,565 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Preziosi reside; 61 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent reside in Italic Europe. Preziosi is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Italy, where it is carried by 1,968 people, or 1 in 31,076. In Italy Preziosi is primarily found in: Campania, where 43 percent live, Lazio, where 30 percent live and Umbria, where 6 percent live. Outside of Italy it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.

Preziosi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Preziosi surname are 5.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.36% being registered with the political party.

The amount Preziosi earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 28.11% more than the national average, earning €38,470 per year; in United States they earn 31.19% more than the national average, earning $56,609 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.13% less than the national average, earning $49,618 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Préziosi961/
Prezziosi944/
Preziosa881,243/
Preziose8868/
Preziozi881/
Priziosi881/
Prezosa801/
Pregiosa751/
Prezioza751/
Prisoschi7135/
Prosasi671/
Prisasi671/
Percossi63273/
Phrisasi6340/
Presazzi6333/
Prisosche5942/
Pergiasih5910/
Preezadgi591/
Perseusie591/
Preisacher5625/
Pirjasi5390/
Prasasi5329/
Precoce535/
Percose531/
Pirzasa531/
Precase531/
Presagi531/
Presage531/
Percassi50164/
Prijadji508/
Prejochi503/

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