Prefontaine is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Prefontaine
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Prefontaine

How popular is Prefontaine?

Prefontaine is common in Canada.

Prefontaine is ranked 154186 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Prefontaines grew by 14.57726 per cent to 393 since 2000 and ranked 52736 after elevating 3113 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.37 95.92
Hispanic or Latino 3.82 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.29 2.04
Others 1.53 1.75
Prefontaine is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Canada which may be its originating country too. Around 2425 people have been found who wears Prefontaine as their family name. Prefontaine have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
153,990 Australia7
201,317 England2
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
118,015 Netherlands1
56,169 Mexico1
29,046 Japan1
153,416 Italy1
3,586 Honduras1
11,486 Estonia1
169,904 Brazil1
7,191 Afghanistan1
Countries with hundreds of Prefontaine:
47,596 United States564
Countries with thousands of Prefontaine:
2,651 Canada1,842

Comments

R
Rochell Caron
 The origin of the name is French etymology comes from the name of the locality of prefontaines (Loiret) that indicates family origin this name comes from the agglutination of the Gallo-Roman personal name Protasius and Fontana meaning: source protais- of the Greek proto: first -.

Prefontaine Namesakes

  • Marie-Pier Préfontaine, Alpine skier
  • Noel Prefontaine, Football player
  • Noel Prefontaine, Football player
  • Noel Prefontaine, Football player
  • Marie-Pier Préfontaine, Alpine skier
  • Steve Prefontaine, Runner
  • Éliane Préfontaine, Actress
  • Neta Prefontaine, Steve Prefontaine's sister
  • Steve Prefontaine, Runner
  • Steve Prefontaine, Runner

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