Principia Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Principia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Principia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1591:384,63343,869
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Principia (549) may also be a first name.

Principia Last Name Facts

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

Principia occurs most in Italy. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Principia.

How Common Is The Last Name Principia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,343,156th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 43,900,879 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Principia live; 96 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 96 percent live in Italic Europe. It is also the 359,531st most frequently held first name globally, held by 549 people.

The surname Principia is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 384,633. In Italy it is mostly found in: Lazio, where 99 percent are found and Basilicata, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Italy this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Principia Last Name Statistics demography

Principia earn somewhat less than the average income. In Italy they earn 11.63% less than the national average, earning €26,539 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
  • 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 Principia
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