Proestos Surname

818,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Proestos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proestos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1551:71,48312,011
Cyprus801:11,0611,263
England321:1,741,18971,393
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Proestos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Proestos is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Proestos? popularity and diffusion

Proestos is the 818,364th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Proestos are found; 69 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 69 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 71,483. In Greece Proestos is most numerous in: Attica, where 63 percent reside, North Aegean, where 34 percent reside and Central Macedonia, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 24 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Proestos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Proestos surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Proestos earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 31.78% more than the national average, earning $56,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.01% less than the national average, earning $46,697 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prestos931/
Proestou88140/
Prestosh8831/
Prostous8819/
Prestosz887/
Prestois880/
Proeto8612/
Proetto80332/
Prestas8039/
Prastos8021/
Praesto8021/
Prestoz8016/
Preztos804/
Priestas75155/
Prestash75110/
Praestus753/
Prestass750/
Priestash7111/
Proeta712/
Proetta6744/
Prouito672/
Praesta671/
Prahesta6330/
Prasttas634/
Preistáš631/
Prahito5322/
Prohita5313/
Phraetat5050/
Prahista5042/
Praheeta504/

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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 Proestos
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