The Pretto surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 363 people carried this name — #53,420 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 769,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Pretto.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Pretto live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pretto.
- Presta 521 · U.S. census
- Prestel 209 · U.S. census
- Presti 1,139 · U.S. census
- Prete 1,068 · U.S. census
- Preti 160 · U.S. census
- Preto 256 · U.S. census
- Preudhomme 136 · U.S. census
- Preuss 2,342 · U.S. census
- Preve 104 · U.S. census
- Preville 289 · U.S. census
- Prevost 4,126 · U.S. census
- Prevot 360 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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