Prantz Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Austria

Prantz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prantz 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
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Prantz Last Name Facts

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

Prantz is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prantz? popularity and diffusion

Prantz is the 2,293,424th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Prantz is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Prantz live; 51 percent live in South America and 51 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 6,116,409. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 80 percent live, São Paulo, where 11 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 6 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 32 percent live and Austria, where 12 percent live.

Prantz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Prantz has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Phrantz921/
Pranz91278/
Prants83273/
Prancz8361/
Prontz830/
Promntz771/
Pranc73119/
Pronz734/
Prancs6798/
Preinz6717/
Pranci676/
Pranch673/
Prajnc672/
Prajnč671/
Prantsova671/
Pranche6210/
Pranchh621/
Prancova5717/
Pronc552/
Pronch502/
Pronci501/
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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 Prantz
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