Proah Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Liberia

Proah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Proah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Proah is borne by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Proah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Proah occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Proah live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in Canada, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada Proah is most prevalent in: Ontario, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Canada it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 33 percent are found.

Proah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Proah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Proah last name contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proach9169/
Proa893,683/
Prohach833/
Proha80152/
Proho8098/
Praho8059/
Praoh8012/
Proat804/
Proua802/
Proșa801/
Proïa801/
Proas801/
Proaj801/
Proai801/
Proad800/
Proau800/
Projja7320/
Progia7319/
Prahao731/
Proyya731/
Prohaś731/
Proaud731/
Projha731/
Proiya731/
Proast730/
Proatt730/
Prao671,912/
Preo67683/
Prôa6731/
Proheea676/
Prouatt676/
Prohhai671/
Prohías671/
Prohost671/
Prauash671/

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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 Proah
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