Priault Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Priault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Priault Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France521:1,277,360130,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Priault Last Name Facts

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

The surname Priault is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Priault click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Priault? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Priault are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,277,360. In France Priault is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 52 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 25 percent live and Île-de-France, where 10 percent live. Barring France Priault occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live.

Priault Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Priault has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Priault last name decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prioult86195/
Priau8358/
Prioul771,399/
Priaud7748/
Priout7721/
Priaux7717/
Prieaux710/
Prioux622,533/
Prihoiu572/
Pryou502/

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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 Priault
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