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.

Prells Surname Distribution Map

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 more in Wales more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Prells.

How Common Is The Last Name Prells? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prells is the 6,723,624th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname 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.

The surname Prells is most widespread in Wales, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 773,633. In Wales it is most prevalent in: City and County of Swansea, where 100 percent are found. Barring Wales this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 38 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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
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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 Prells
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