Prem Surname

25,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Austria

Prem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India7,4541:102,9076,756
Austria2,0251:4,205450
Bangladesh1,7121:93,0824,097
United Arab Emirates1,4071:6,512832
Sri Lanka1,3891:14,9812,125
Germany1,0961:73,4549,292
Cambodia8011:19,3351,286
Pakistan7851:227,5725,317
United States7201:503,41542,310
Syria4401:43,8662,469
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Palestine3541:12,8502,388
Iraq2721:128,7563,545
Yemen1831:144,4017,332
Kuwait1741:21,8432,878
South Africa1531:354,10332,399
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
England1191:468,21930,572
Oman1121:32,9282,300
Canada1101:334,96030,494
Guatemala1041:154,6413,440
Singapore1031:53,4732,131
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Qatar871:27,1032,847
Australia871:310,29526,919
Malaysia811:364,12619,261
Russia711:2,029,902125,931
Slovenia651:38,2727,167
Romania631:318,69628,224
Thailand601:1,177,306172,517
Jordan461:192,2279,325
Afghanistan351:918,6629,049
Mauritius331:39,1947,252
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
Colombia181:2,654,11513,778
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Sweden151:656,45048,545
France131:5,109,440259,941
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Serbia121:595,41221,526
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Lebanon91:626,34314,059
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
China81:170,915,1968,932
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Nepal61:4,746,82612,065
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Andorra11:83,8382,381
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:1,731,67989,620

The alternate forms: Prém (349) & Prêm (1) are calculated separately.

Prem (1,093,877) may also be a first name.

Prem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prem (Arabic: بريم, Bengali: প্রেম, Hindi: प्रेम, Marathi: पे्म, Oriya: େପମ, Russian: Прем, Tibetan: པེརམ་) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Prém or Prêm. For other possible spellings of Prem click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 25,504th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 344,858 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Prem live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 41 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 786th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 1,093,877 people.

Prem is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 7,454 people, or 1 in 102,907. In India it is primarily found in: Kerala, where 13 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 9 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 9 percent live. Excluding India this last name is found in 90 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 10 percent live and Bangladesh, where 8 percent live.

Prem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prem has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Prem last name rose 2,483 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 11,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Prem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.

In The United States Prem are 2.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.68% registered with the party.

The amount Prem earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 111.59% more than the national average, earning R 502,812 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.75% less than the national average, earning $16,855,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.24% more than the national average, earning $45,841 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.66% more than the national average, earning $62,431 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prém92349/
Prêm921/
Priem895,273/
Prehm891,143/
Premm89485/
Preme89482/
Proem89179/
Pream89164/
Preim89126/
Preem89113/
Praem8963/
Przem8935/
Prrem895/
Presm891/
Premn891/
Bprem891/
Premø891/
Phrem890/
Pfriem80479/
Premne80127/
Pfrehm8050/
Proemm8021/
Preime8019/
Proehm8014/
Przemm808/
Prehem805/
Premme803/
Presme803/
Preeme801/
Phreme801/
Preame801/
Premdd801/
Preemh801/
Pearem800/
Prim758,667/
Perm752,274/
Pren752,124/
Prym75153/
Pröm7538/
Pirm7527/
Pärm7512/
Prým753/
Pyrm751/
Prím751/
Premová7316/
Praheim732/
Premova731/
Prime6712,269/
Perme676,455/
Primm674,276/
Prehn673,832/
Prien672,070/
Pruim671,690/
Preen671,251/
Prent671,238/
Priom671,173/
Prenn67750/
Preng67304/
Pryme67251/
Preun67139/
Praim6785/
Proim6782/
Pruen6763/
Proen6748/
Pritm6740/
Prend6739/
Prömm6738/
Prhne6735/
Pruym6731/
Prism6730/
Pröhm6727/
Pirme6726/
Prihm6713/
Praen6710/
Pearm6710/
Primt679/
Phren679/
Phrim676/
Proym675/
Petrm675/
Pherm675/
Primn672/
Primh672/
Pehrm672/
Prymm672/
Pryom671/
Pyrme671/
Perrm671/
Praym671/
Presn671/
Pihrm671/
Pairm670/
Pierm670/
Perhm670/

Prem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prem in the Oriya language
େପମepama98.9
େପମ୍epam0.5
ରାମrama0.07
Prem in the Bengali language
প্রেমprema96.18
প্রেমমালাpremamala2.67
প্রেম্prem0.76
Prem in the Hindi language
प्रेमprema95.29
प्रेमाprema0.16
प्रॆमprema0.03
्प्रेमprema0.01
हेमhema0
प्रेमॉpremo0
प्रोमproma0
प्रेमूpremu0
पेमpema0
प्रेसpresa0
प्रमाprama0
प्रमprama0
प््रेमprema0
प़ेमpaema0
प्रे़मprema0
प्रेम्prem0
प्रे्मprema0
प्रेमीpremi0
प्र्ेमprema0
प्रेमा़prema0
़प्रेमprema0
रामrama0
प्रेम़prema0
Prem in the Tibetan language
པེརམ་peram35.94
པེ་རེམ་pérem30.72
པེརེམ་perem19.68
པེམ་pem5.42
པྲེམ་trem3.41
པེ་རེམpérem1.2
པེ་རིམ་périm0.6
པི་རེམ་pirem0.4
པེརམེ་permé0.4
པེམ་རམ་pemram0.4
པེ་རམ་péram0.4
པུརམ་puram0.2
པེརིམ་perim0.2
པོརམ་poram0.2
པེེརེམ་perem0.2
པི་རམ་piram0.2
པརེམ་parem0.2
པེརེམperem0.2
Prem in the Marathi language
पे्मpema22.22
पेमाpema22.22
पेमpema22.22
प्रेमprema22.22
परेमparema11.11
Prem in the Russian language
Премprem-
Prem in the Arabic language
بريمbrym-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Prem
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