Prieß Surname
Approximately 2,296 people bear this surname
Prieß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,293 | 1:35,109 | 4,636 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
The alternate forms: Prie (847) & Prié (63) are calculated separately.
Prieß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prieß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prieß is found most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Prie or Prié. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prieß? popularity and diffusion
The surname Prieß is the 184,710th most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,174,018 people. The last name Prieß occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prieß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,293 people, or 1 in 35,109. In Germany it is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent reside. Besides Germany Prieß exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Prieß
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