Prief Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prief Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prief Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Prief Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prief occurs most in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prief? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Prief occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Prief live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Prief is primarily concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 52 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Thailand, where 4 percent live.

Prief Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Prief has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prief surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prief Last Name Statistics demography

Prief earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prieff917/
Prieft911/
Priefs910/
Priefe910/
Pref8924/
Prif891/
Prieb80531/
Priev80206/
Priew8022/
Priff8019/
Prefe805/
Prift805/
Preff804/
Priof801/
Preft800/
Preuf800/
Priyev73153/
Prioff7350/
Preifz7336/
Preuff733/
Prueff732/
Preuhf732/
Prifth731/
Preiff731/
Prittf731/
Proefh731/
Preifs731/
Pruiff730/
Priffs730/
Priffe730/
Prew671,732/
Prib67529/
Prev67279/
Priv67275/
Preb673/
Priw672/
Pragiev671/

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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 Prief
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