Preüss Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Preüss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Preüss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Preüss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Preüss is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Preüss? popularity and diffusion
Preüss is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Preüss are found; 89 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Preüss is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Preüss is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 50 percent reside, Western Cape, where 38 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priiess | 77 | 1 | / |
| Periess | 77 | 1 | / |
| Perüs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Preos | 73 | 2 | / |
| Peries | 67 | 6,399 | / |
| Piries | 67 | 101 | / |
| Prieus | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pèries | 67 | 2 | / |
| Preyus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prehus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preios | 67 | 1 | / |
| Péries | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peiries | 62 | 607 | / |
| Perries | 62 | 231 | / |
| Poiries | 62 | 1 | / |
| Preouse | 62 | 1 | / |
| Prehush | 62 | 1 | / |
| Preoutse | 57 | 1 | / |
| Poirries | 57 | 0 | / |
| Prius | 55 | 74 | / |
| Preoš | 55 | 3 | / |
| Preoz | 55 | 1 | / |
| Priie | 55 | 0 | / |
| Proios | 50 | 775 | / |
| Periez | 50 | 42 | / |
| Peruez | 50 | 8 | / |
| Prayos | 50 | 7 | / |
| Piriez | 50 | 1 | / |
| Prious | 50 | 1 | / |
| Proyus | 50 | 1 | / |
| Priush | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Preüss
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