Praff Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Uganda

Praff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Praff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Uganda61:6,506,546123,710
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Práff (8) are calculated separately.

Praff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Praff is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Práff. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Praff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Praff are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States Praff is most numerous in: New York, where 28 percent are found, Maryland, where 22 percent are found and Virginia, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Praff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Praff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Praff Last Name Statistics demography

Praff earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 45.88% more than the national average, earning $62,944 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Práff938/
Praf8960/
Proff80776/
Prafe80341/
Praft803/
Prapf801/
Pradf801/
Prasf801/
Prouff73265/
Profft73150/
Proffe7367/
Prooff7311/
Preuff733/
Praaft731/
Prasdf731/
Preiff731/
Prab6715,279/
Prav67321/
Praw67253/
Prof67188/

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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 Praff
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