Pragst Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pragst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pragst 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
Germany611:1,319,76283,187
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Pragst Last Name Facts

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

Pragst is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pragst click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pragst? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,352,516th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pragst live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany Pragst is primarily found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 41 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 5 percent live and Spain, where 2 percent live.

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
Prags912/
Praggs830/
Praks73356/
Pracs731/
Praksh671,099/
Prekst671/
Praucs671/
Preaks670/
Prokst670/
Prauks670/

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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 Pragst
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