Prieske Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prieske Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prieske Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1531:526,17944,202
Denmark61:940,78647,603
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Prieske Last Name Facts

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

Prieske has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prieske? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,359,010th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Prieske live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Prieske is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 526,179. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 37 percent are found, Brandenburg, where 25 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Prieske Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prieske has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Prieske
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