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
Prieß occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Prie or Prié. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prieß? popularity and diffusion
The last name Prieß is the 184,710th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 3,174,018 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Prieß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,293 people, or 1 in 35,109. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live. Apart from Germany Prieß is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
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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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