Proestakis Surname

1,006,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 253 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Proestakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proestakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1701:65,17510,899
Chile381:463,59112,075
United States251:14,498,357517,445
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Proestakis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Proestakis is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Proestakis? popularity and diffusion

The last name Proestakis is the 1,006,539th most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname Proestakis is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Proestakis are found; 67 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Greece, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 65,175. In Greece it is most frequent in: Crete, where 52 percent live, Attica, where 45 percent live and Central Greece, where 2 percent live. Barring Greece this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Chile, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Proestakis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Proestakis surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Proestakis earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 26.1% more than the national average, earning $54,411 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.54% less than the national average, earning $45,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proistakis9054/
Proestakes9014/
Prostaks893/
Pristakis841/
Parsotakis8055/
Pyristakis801/
Prastakos744/
Porostoksy701/
Pristacs674/
Beresteckis671/

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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 Proestakis
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