Pretty is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pretty
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pretty

How popular is Pretty?

Pretty is common in United States.

Pretty is ranked 25176 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pretties grew by 9.234508 per cent to 899 since 2000 and ranked 26975 after elevating 587 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 66.41 69.74
Black 24.03 24.3
Hispanic or Latino 6.23 4.25
Others 1.67 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0
Pretty is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Uganda is ahead in terms of density. Around 20331 people have been found who wears Pretty as their family name. Pretty is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
8,993 Tunisia3
6,706 Lebanon3
8,926 Cameroon3
6,779 Nicaragua3
78,945 Argentina3
20,541 Peru3
20,035 Uzbekistan2
41,879 Turkey2
50,640 Switzerland2
54,641 Sweden2
147,165 Czech Republic2
476 Djibouti2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,859 Mauritius2
6,900 Oman2
1,777 Jersey2
124,220 Italy2
19,046 Ireland2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
1,572 Macau1
2,057 Myanmar1
17,575 Kuwait1
37,779 Serbia1
6,820 Angola1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
10,190 Bahrain1
1,970 Grenada1
10,958 Bangladesh1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
591 Samoa1
10,683 Cyprus1
5,553 Taiwan1
47,891 Norway1
118,015 Netherlands1
5,872 Namibia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
58,885 Poland1
5,467 Haiti1
3,586 Honduras1
24,460 Armenia1
1,879 Belize1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,843 Chile36
8,214 Singapore35
80,054 Spain18
1,286 Malta16
2,705 China16
2,892 Iceland13
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
879 Thailand96
10,596 Colombia87
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
5,257 Wales68
7,449 Scotland66
Countries with hundreds of Pretty:
6,932 Algeria982
6,001 Pakistan880
7,660 South Africa840
3,923 Australia774
12,805 Iran614
8,811 Egypt613
5,019 Ghana559
9,594 Morocco537
11,329 Mexico393
13,426 Kenya314
40,920 Brazil270
2,328 Dominican Republic252
59,024 Germany168
117,677 India167
5,718 New Zealand133
77,708 France122
5,943 Ecuador115
74,584 Indonesia113
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Pretty:
6,623 Nigeria3,515
2,238 Uganda2,614
2,989 Canada1,599
10,039 Philippines1,482
5,175 England1,414
28,532 United States1,053
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Richard Pretty worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 50 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on St. Lawrence and arrived on November 13, 1848. U Pretty, aged 40, 26 years old Mary Pretty, 24 years old Mrs Pretty, 2 years old Richard Pretty, Infant Eliza Pretty, Workman William Pretty, George Pretty (20) Workman, 18 years old Betsey Pretty, are other Pretty that migrated to US.

Pretty Namesakes

  • Arline Pretty, Actor
  • Adam Pretty, Photographer
  • Horace Greely Prettyman, Football player
  • E. Barrett Prettyman, Judge
  • Adam Pretty, Photographer
  • Jules Pretty, Author
  • Ron Pretty, Poet
  • Scott Pretty, Film actor
  • Arline Pretty, Actor
  • Donald Pretty, Olympic athlete

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