Profire Surname

688,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Profire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Profire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania2651:75,7668,982
Moldova1501:23,7423,954
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Profire Last Name Facts

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

Profire is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Profire? popularity and diffusion

Profire is the 688,723rd most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Profire reside; 97 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Romania, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 75,766. In Romania Profire is most common in: Vaslui County, where 56 percent are found, Galați County, where 42 percent are found and Iași County, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Romania this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Moldova, where 35 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Profirie9333/
Profires933/
Profir922,903/
Proudfire884/
Profira86259/
Profiri86232/
Profirio801,991/
Proferes8092/
Profirii8019/
Profiris8015/
Profoihr801/
Proudfir800/
Profyr77119/
Profer7768/
Profirova75103/
Profhirio751/
Proffer711,424/
Profera71238/
Profyri7138/
Proferi7114/
Prafira718/
Prefere716/
Profert713/
Proofer713/
Propfer712/
Préfère711/
Prozfer711/
Prosfer711/
Preferee67578/
Prafitri67126/
Profyris6773/
Proffert6732/
Proferio675/
Prosferi670/

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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 Profire
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