Priewisch Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Priewisch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Priewisch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany501:1,610,10995,088
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Priewisch Last Name Facts

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

Priewisch occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Priewisch? popularity and diffusion

The surname Priewisch is the 2,689,253rd most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Priewisch occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Priewisch live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany Priewisch is most numerous in: Brandenburg, where 52 percent are found, Hamburg, where 22 percent are found and Hesse, where 12 percent are found. Not including Germany Priewisch occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Priewich9421/
Priwisch945/
Preiwisch8923/
Preywisch8915/
Priebisch8911/
Prebisch8264/
Prievich8216/
Privisch820/
Preubisch782/
Przywisch781/
Preebisch780/
Prebish75367/
Pribish75221/
Pribesh7562/
Prevish7545/
Prewicz7512/
Priebis755/
Privesh754/
Prewesh752/
Prewisz751/
Prywitch7140/
Przewies7123/
Priebisz714/
Prijevic712/
Prybisch712/
Praiwech711/
Preibish711/
Priewe67984/
Previs67212/
Prives67201/
Prebis67107/
Pribis6764/
Privis6750/
Priwes676/
Privec671/
Priebi671/
Prievi671/

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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 Priewisch
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