Profira Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Romania

Profira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Profira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1681:1,274,25243,696
Romania861:233,46422,424
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271

Profira (1,378) may also be a first name.

Profira Last Name Facts

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

The surname Profira is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Profira? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 990,978th most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Profira live; 65 percent live in South America and 65 percent live in Luso-South America. Profira is also the 210,961st most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 1,378 people.

This last name is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 1,274,252. In Brazil it is most prevalent in: Bahia, where 23 percent live, Goiás, where 15 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 14 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 33 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Profiro862,322/
Profire86430/
Profera86238/
Profiri86232/
Prafira868/
Profirio801,991/
Profeiro8036/
Profirie8033/
Profirii8019/
Profiris8015/
Profires803/
Profiros801/
Proudfire754/
Profhirio751/
Phrophirat7145/
Profyri7138/
Proferi7114/
Profero717/
Prafitri67126/
Proferes6792/
Profyris6773/
Prophiro6719/
Proferio675/
Prosfero672/
Prosferi670/
Prophirio637/
Praphairat59194/
Prafitriss5910/
Prophero536/
Praphetra5049/
Prophyrio502/
Propherer501/
Propheari501/

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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 Profira
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