Prahs Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Prahs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Poland | 17 | 1:2,235,809 | 104,965 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Prahs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prahs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Prahs is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Prahs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Prahs is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Prahs reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 3,096,364. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hamburg, where 54 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent live and Bavaria, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 32 percent live and Iran, where 15 percent live.
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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 Prahs
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