Prells Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Prells Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prells 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
Wales41:773,63329,106
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Prells Last Name Facts

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

Prells is most common in Wales. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prells? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Prells occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Prells reside; 50 percent reside in Northern Europe and 50 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most widespread in Wales, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 773,633. In Wales it is most frequent in: City and County of Swansea, where 100 percent live. Not including Wales this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 38 percent live and Australia, where 13 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
Prelles921/
Prels9123/
Priels83260/
Proels8377/
Prills839/
Prehls833/
Prelss831/
Pruels831/
Preels831/
Proelss7770/
Prilles7722/
Prieëls771/
Pröls73455/
Prils7361/
Prelz737/
Prölss6737/
Proelß678/
Priëls673/
Prelch671/
Prölß55419/
Prilz551/
Prylch501/
Prilce500/
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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 Prells
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