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

The surname Prells occurs in Wales more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prells? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Prells is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Prells live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most frequently held in Wales, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 773,633. In Wales Prells is primarily concentrated in: City and County of Swansea, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Wales this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 38 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

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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