de Proost Surname

456,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 741 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Proost Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Proost Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium6471:17,7692,718
Netherlands791:213,76228,937
France81:8,302,840321,660
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

de Proost Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Proost Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Proost is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Proost? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 456,743rd most widespread last name globally It is held by around 1 in 9,834,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of de Proost are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 647 people, or 1 in 17,769. In Belgium de Proost is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 92 percent reside, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 0 percent reside. Other than Belgium it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Proot9421/
de Prost9420/
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de Proote891/
de Prot8816/
de Pro80116/
de Prosse782/
de Prat75117/
de Proy7510/
de Prate7137/
de Pratt714/
di Prosp713/
de Proce712/
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de Proux711/
de Pra671,209/
de Prà6730/
de Prá6712/
de Pró674/
de Pratte671/
di Pro671/
da Prat63122/
de Preu6310/
de Prad630/
di Prate591/
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da Prá533/
De-Pra532/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Proost
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