Prieux Surname

324,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Prieux Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prieux 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
France1,1221:59,2007,948
Greece271:410,36354,524
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Prieux Last Name Facts

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

Prieux is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prieux? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 324,001st most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,336,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prieux reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Prieux is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 1,122 people, or 1 in 59,200. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Normandy, where 29 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 21 percent are found and Grand Est, where 13 percent are found. Beside France this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 2 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent are found.

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
Priee732/
Priehe671/
Prihui671/
Pryee557/
Preehi5023/
Prajae5012/
Priyha503/
Prayoe501/
Preyui501/
Prejhi501/
Pryeez501/
Prejhe501/
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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 Prieux
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