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The PREWETT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,622 16349 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 949 5704 0.002 19
Change since 1880 +673 -10645 -0.001 -13
Other Countries
Australia 129 11382 0.001 8
United Kingdom 400 10431 0.001 9
Top States for PREWETT by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Georgia 214 4213 0.003 26
Missouri 186 4269 0.003 33
California 165 15934 0.000 5
Oklahoma 141 3502 0.004 41
Texas 126 13711 0.001 6
Top States for PREWETT by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Montana 37 3921 0.004 41
Oklahoma 141 3502 0.004 41
Missouri 186 4269 0.003 33
Georgia 214 4213 0.003 26
Mississippi 65 4627 0.002 23

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PREWETT live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PREWETT represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PREWETT in Georgia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PREWETT by picking someone at random in Montana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PREWETT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Diminutive

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PREWETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PREWETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PREWETT in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 32 1.97
Native American/Alaskan 27 1.66
Black/African American 13 0.8
White (Caucasian) 1,540 94.94
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
White (Hispanic) Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PREWETT surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of PREWETT in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of PREWETT.

Similar names to PREWETT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PREWETT.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for PREWETT

The following words are slight variants of PREWETT that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.