Pracious Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Qatar

Pracious Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pracious Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Pracious (534) may also be a first name.

Pracious Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pracious is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pracious? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pracious is the 8,193,072nd most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Pracious is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Pracious reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 364,930th most commonly occurring given name globally It is held by 534 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Pracious is most common in: Kaduna, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Plateau, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Pracious Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pracious has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pracious surname contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pracious
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