Prétot Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Jersey

Prétot Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prétot Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
France61:11,070,454349,096
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Jersey11:99,2026,620
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pretot (773), Prétôt (140), Pretôt (11) & Prètôt (1) are calculated separately.

Prétot Last Name Facts

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

Prétot is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Pretot, Prétôt, Pretôt or Prètôt. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prétot? popularity and diffusion

Prétot is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Prétot is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Prétot live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Prétot is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 631,763. In Switzerland Prétot is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 46 percent live, Republic and Canton of the Jura, where 23 percent live and Canton of Vaud, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pretot94773/
Prétôt94140/
Pretôt8911/
Prètôt891/
Protot8391/
Prétat8388/
Prétto831/
Prestot77184/
Pristot776/
Pritout771/
Preto7310,124/
Prito73561/
Prêto733/
Pryto731/
Prestotz711/
Prestott711/
Prieto67322,335/
Pretto678,373/
Presto675,233/
Protat671,029/
Pritos67820/
Priota67451/
Pretat67393/
Pristo67204/
Pretta67174/
Prioto67165/
Preito67155/
Pretos6776/
Praito6750/
Pratat6745/
Pretou6736/
Pritta6719/
Preeto6718/
Pritto6717/
Prayto6713/
Pritat678/
Pritoi676/
Proito674/
Pridto673/
Pretoo672/
Prizto672/
Pretoa671/
Pritou671/
Preyto671/
Pratod671/
Pretoy671/
Pritoy671/
Pritoo671/

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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 Prétot
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