Proaños Surname

766,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Proaños Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proaños Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia3631:131,6094,117
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Proanos (5) are calculated separately.

Proaños Last Name Facts

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

The surname Proaños is more commonly found in Colombia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Proanos. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Proaños? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 766,190th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. The last name Proaños occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Proaños are found; 99 percent are found in South America and 98 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

Proaños is most frequently occurring in Colombia, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 131,609. In Colombia it is primarily concentrated in: Caquetá Department, where 34 percent live, Huila Department, where 23 percent live and Capital District, where 18 percent live. Besides Colombia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 1 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.

Proaños Last Name Statistics demography

Proaños earn around the same as the average income. In Colombia they earn 1.78% more than the national average, earning $23,106,600 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proanos955/
Prohaños939/
Proaño922,753/
Prohaño8631/
Proañoz8614/
Proano777,183/
Proáño771/
Preonas7125/
Prohano711/
Prooano711/
Prohonas678/
Praono6217/
Proana623/
Praona621/
Prahono5746/
Prohana5719/
Proyono578/
Prohona574/
Prohonna5369/
Phrahomno5044/
Phraonnga5019/

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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
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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 Proaños
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