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Family name Prete (Prete , بريتي , Прете ) , in the entire world, is a common surname. The cognomen Prete is characteristic of Italy, where it is quite a common surname, Switzerland, where it is quite a rare surname, and Belgium. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Italy, the United States, and Brazil. Much less frequently, Prete is the forename as well as the last name.