Principale Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Principale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Principale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy3951:154,82724,084
United States381:9,538,393399,091
France141:4,744,480251,814
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Principale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Principale is found in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Principale? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 653,013th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Principale live; 85 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 85 percent live in Italic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Italy, where it is borne by 395 people, or 1 in 154,827. In Italy Principale is primarily concentrated in: Apulia, where 35 percent reside, Piedmont, where 32 percent reside and Emilia-Romagna, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Italy this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.

Principale Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Principale last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 80% being registered with the political party.

Principale earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.05% more than the national average, earning $54,389 USD per year.

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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 Principale
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