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.

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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

The last name Pragst occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pragst? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany it is most numerous in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 41 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 5 percent are found and Spain, where 2 percent are found.

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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