Priests Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Priests Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Priests (4) may also be a first name.
Priests Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Priests Come From? nationality or country of origin
Priests is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Priests? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Priests are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 33 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Priests is also the 6,192,526th most frequent forename globally It is held by 4 people.
This last name is most frequent in Italy, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 61,156,688. Excluding Italy this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priest | 92 | 33,483 | / |
| Prests | 92 | 3 | / |
| Priets | 92 | 0 | / |
| Prieste | 86 | 4 | / |
| Pristts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Priestp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Priesst | 86 | 1 | / |
| Prestsh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pressts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Priestt | 86 | 0 | / |
| Priet | 83 | 745 | / |
| Prietsch | 80 | 306 | / |
| Priescht | 80 | 17 | / |
| Priestch | 80 | 2 | / |
| Prietz | 77 | 941 | / |
| Prieth | 77 | 345 | / |
| Priete | 77 | 339 | / |
| Priett | 77 | 9 | / |
| Prietp | 77 | 2 | / |
| Priyst | 77 | 1 | / |
| Priedt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prestzsch | 75 | 2 | / |
| Priesch | 71 | 73 | / |
| Prietze | 71 | 16 | / |
| Prietch | 71 | 3 | / |
| Priette | 71 | 3 | / |
| Prestch | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pristch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Priez | 67 | 444 | / |
| Priit | 67 | 126 | / |
| Prisc | 67 | 36 | / |
| Pryet | 67 | 34 | / |
| Priyt | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pried | 67 | 9 | / |
| Priec | 67 | 7 | / |
| Pristzch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Presc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preuschs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Priests
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