Prater Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Prater Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Prater family

Profession Census Frequency
School 46
Clerk 5
None 4
Private Means 4
Home 4
Carter On Farm 4
Assisting In Business 3
Bricklayer 3
Farm Labourer 3
On The Farm Labourer 3
Domestic 2
General Servant Domestic 2
Insurance Clerk 2
Joiner 2
Labourer Sugar Works 2
Insurance Agent 2
Chauffeur (domestic) 2
Dressmaker 2
Shop Assistant 2
Carpenter 2
Coal Miner Hewer 2
Old Age Pensioner 2
Housemaid (domestic) 2
Goes To School 2
Signalman 1

Prater Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Porter 67% 153,311
2 Prater 100% 2,928
3 Parter 67% 2,242
4 Portor 50% 999
5 Preater 86% 872
6 Peartree 50% 768
7 Priter 83% 191
8 Proter 83% 191
9 Perter 67% 183
10 Pratter 86% 129
11 Preator 71% 102

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The surname Prater is the 2nd most popular variant of Porter.

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