Prawn Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Prawn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prawn 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
Jamaica131:220,7656,223
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
England41:13,929,515290,718
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Prawn Last Name Facts

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

Prawn is held by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prawn? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Prawn live; 28 percent live in Caribbean and 28 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

It is most frequently held in Jamaica, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 220,765. In Jamaica it is primarily found in: Surrey County, where 92 percent reside and Middlesex County, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Jamaica this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Prawn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prawn has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1881 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
Prawin916,172/
Prauwn912/
Praewn911/
Praiwn911/
Praween8327,498/
Prawwen8310/
Prawien835/
Prawijn833/
Prawinn833/
Prawinq833/
Praawin831/
Prawuin831/
Praewin831/
Prawnne831/
Pravn8053/
Prown8041/
Praeween777/
Praweenn777/
Prawween774/
Prasween773/
Praaween771/
Phrawing771/
Prraween771/
Ppraween771/
Prabin733,639/
Pravne7331/
Prowen7324/
Prewin7310/
Praivn738/
Praben736/
Prawim733/
Prowin733/
Preewn731/
Pravın731/
Proown730/
Prabyn730/
Prabeen67335/
Preween67212/
Pravhne672/
Prewien671/
Pröwing671/
Phrabin671/
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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 Prawn
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