Priebs Surname

652,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Priebs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Priebs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3991:201,76823,133
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
England61:9,286,343223,652
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Priebs Last Name Facts

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

Priebs is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Priebs.

How Common Is The Last Name Priebs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Priebs is the 652,085th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 15,739,840 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Priebs are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Priebs is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 399 people, or 1 in 201,768. In Germany Priebs is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 47 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live. Excluding Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Switzerland, where 3 percent live.

Priebs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Priebs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Priebs last name increased 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Priebs Last Name Statistics demography

Priebs earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.02% less than the national average, earning $27,177 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Priebst9214/
Prieb91531/
Pribs9117/
Prebs915/
Priebsch86126/
Prieps833/
Priebj832/
Preibs831/
Priebt831/
Prebst830/
Priefs830/
Prisbs830/
Prebsch771/
Priyabs771/
Priev73206/
Priep7328/
Prips736/
Prevs731/
Preps730/
Preibsch7141/
Pripps6738/
Präbst6710/
Pripsø676/
Prevss675/
Phriep673/
Priepe672/
Prietp672/
Privss671/
Prevsh671/
Prepps671/
Phreps670/
Priept670/
Przybsz6215/
Priyaps623/
Prevsch622/
Phreaps621/
Praybsz621/
Prejevs621/
Pryev559/
Priiv552/
Prevz551/
Präpst5012/
Proups500/
Proubx500/
Praups500/

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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 Priebs
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