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

Prinkle is found most in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prinkle? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Prinkle occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 78 people.

The surname Prinkle is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Prinkle is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 22 percent are found, Maryland, where 11 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

Prinkle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prinkle has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Prinkle 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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