Profas Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Curaçao

Profas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Profas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Curaçao41:39,312638
Lithuania31:1,011,52932,308
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Profas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Profas is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Profas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Profas reside; 38 percent reside in Western Europe and 38 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands Profas is most numerous in: North Holland, where 83 percent are found and Groningen, where 17 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Curaçao, where 25 percent are found and Lithuania, where 19 percent are found.

Profas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Profas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Profas surname fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proufas9251/
Profase920/
Profa912/
Profos8352/
Prefas8322/
Proufa832/
Profat832/
Profasova801/
Profous77123/
Proface777/
Profost771/
Proffat770/
Profo734/
Profault717/
Prafad6718/
Profoß676/
Profot673/
Prafat671/
Prefos671/
Profosova671/
Prafap671/
Prasfa671/
Prafos670/
Profey670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Profas
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