Prinkle Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Prinkle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prinkle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Prinkle (78) may also be a first name.

Prinkle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prinkle is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prinkle? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Prinkle are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Prinkle is also the 1,091,646th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 78 people.

Prinkle is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 22 percent are found, Maryland, where 11 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States Prinkle is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

Prinkle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Prinkle has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prinkle Last Name Statistics demography

Prinkle earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.6% less than the national average, earning $41,594 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prinkley938/
Prinkles931/
Bprinkley881/
Princle861/
Princler8037/
Princley802/
Princelle75268/
Princly710/
Princeill634/
Princelli630/

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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 Prinkle
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