Pro Surname

20,078th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Vietnam
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Pro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Vietnam6,6641:13,902319
Saudi Arabia2,3061:13,3811,857
Egypt2,0751:44,3064,449
Kazakhstan1,7951:9,8511,531
Bangladesh1,4421:110,5114,612
United Arab Emirates1,4401:6,363811
Belarus1,3011:7,3031,025
United States1,2431:291,60027,038
Morocco1,0911:31,6005,064
Italy1,0881:56,21010,090
Spain6021:77,6616,755
Mexico5721:217,0045,674
France4951:134,18720,514
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Peru4171:76,2215,452
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Argentina3631:117,7509,945
Uzbekistan3321:93,1606,545
Algeria2911:132,75418,038
India2851:2,691,45783,799
Portugal1701:61,2843,295
Hong Kong1551:47,326847
Ivory Coast1481:155,8877,212
Indonesia1351:979,62472,032
England1171:476,22330,919
Brazil1161:1,845,46859,486
Canada991:372,17833,288
Qatar941:25,0852,628
Taiwan941:249,4122,084
Turkmenistan931:59,0231,134
Ecuador861:184,9527,637
South Africa861:629,97347,084
Moldova791:45,0816,680
Transnistria671:7,0851,368
Netherlands591:286,22334,881
Cameroon521:399,40534,455
Australia511:529,32739,816
Belgium441:261,28731,734
Azerbaijan431:224,3985,719
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Thailand361:1,962,176235,280
Romania341:590,52642,844
China321:42,728,7992,300
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Iran311:2,476,85681,358
Kyrgyzstan301:199,08819,743
Malaysia231:1,282,35854,976
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Tajikistan191:441,4053,172
Tunisia191:32,1384,775
Armenia181:162,7884,827
Poland181:2,111,597101,748
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Greece161:692,48777,522
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Israel151:570,50941,023
Lebanon141:402,64911,601
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Ireland111:428,08515,694
Jordan111:803,85814,945
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Myanmar91:5,770,887975
Togo91:805,3086,372
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Turkey81:9,727,678134,647
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Bolivia71:1,516,6336,309
Georgia61:624,25819,750
Oman61:614,6626,082
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Jamaica41:717,48710,371
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

The alternate forms: Pró (38) & Prô (10) are calculated separately.

Pro (39,629) may also be a first name.

Pro Last Name Facts

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

Pro (Bengali: পরো, Hindi: प्रो, Marathi: रॉ, Russian: Про) is found in Vietnam more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Pró or Prô. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pro? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 20,078th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 267,590 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Pro live; 25 percent live in Southeast Asia and 24 percent live in Viet-Asia. It is also the 22,373rd most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 39,629 people.

The last name Pro is most frequent in Vietnam, where it is borne by 6,664 people, or 1 in 13,902. In Vietnam it is primarily concentrated in: Southeast, where 36 percent are found, Red River Delta, where 18 percent are found and Mekong River Delta, where 11 percent are found. Beside Vietnam Pro is found in 144 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.

Pro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pro has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pro last name expanded 3,884 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 2,925 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pro Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Pro last name is primarily Orthodox (89%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Pro last name are 14.34% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.11% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Pro earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 8.82% less than the national average, earning €27,380 per year; in Peru they earn 48.48% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,782 per year; in United States they earn 2.67% less than the national average, earning $41,997 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.25% less than the national average, earning $46,578 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pró8938/
Prô8910/
Prot864,442/
Proa863,683/
Prou862,232/
Pros861,915/
Prop861,627/
Proz861,243/
Proh86952/
Proć86912/
Proß86744/
Proy86636/
Proo86478/
Proj86243/
Proi8687/
Bpro8621/
Proč8615/
Prgo8611/
Prod867/
Phro865/
Proň865/
Hpro861/
Ppro861/
Proś861/
Proź861/
Pruo861/
Prro860/
Prost7515,709/
Prout758,341/
Proud758,042/
Prots754,340/
Propp753,494/
Pross753,109/
Proux752,594/
Proch752,258/
Prott751,193/
Proot751,132/
Proos75796/
Prous75439/
Prroj75171/
Procz75137/
Prosh75131/
Prois75125/
Propf7587/
Prošt7555/
Prooy7543/
Prosz7524/
Prohy7514/
Prodz7512/
Proys7511/
Phrot7510/
Përoj758/
Prood756/
Phros756/
Phroj755/
Prouz755/
Prroi755/
Pro's755/
Proup754/
Prosp754/
Prozt754/
Proop753/
Prodh753/
Proit753/
Projë753/
Prohp752/
Prooz752/
Prods751/
Prroy751/
Prros751/
Prooe751/
Prooh751/
Proyd751/
Hpros751/
Proht751/
Proip751/
Proyt751/
Proïa751/
Proșa751/
Prrot751/
Pprod751/
Pproj751/
Phroz751/
Probp750/
Pruot750/
Pra6715,297/
Proust6710,627/
Proost673,515/
Proutt67237/
Proush67200/
Protch67129/
Prooij6786/
Prouts6769/
Protts6752/
Proszt6734/
Prá6730/
Përroj6725/
Protcz6722/
Prooth6720/
Prà6717/
Proshh6717/
Proiss6714/
Proyss6711/
Procht6711/
Prostt678/
Prosst678/
Pruott677/
Proshs676/
Proitt674/
Prozth674/
Uampro674/
Pr'out674/
Phroop672/
Proits672/
Prouch671/
Proich671/
Proith671/
Proudd671/
Proutz671/
Prooch671/
Phrost671/
Prosth671/
Protsz671/
Prouss671/
Prouët671/
Proggi671/
Projtz671/
Prrost671/
D'Prod671/
Projts671/
Përroi671/
Prohyi671/
Prochh671/
Projch670/

Pro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pro in the Bengali language
পরোparo-
Pro in the Marathi language
रॉro-
Pro in the Hindi language
प्रोpro97.35
प्रो़pro0.88
Pro in the Russian language
Проpro-

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