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

Praff occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Práff. For other potential spellings of Praff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Praff? popularity and diffusion

Praff is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Praff is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Praff reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried 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. Barring The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Praff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Praff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Praff last name increased 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
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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 Praff
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