Profit Surname

146,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,037 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Profit Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) Prophet (a nickname) [Old French prophete, Latin propheta, Greek προφήτης]

Profit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6181:224,01721,684
France4721:140,72621,665
Nigeria3931:450,74523,038
Canada2091:176,29517,615
England1061:525,64232,946
Wales631:49,1204,600
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
India161:47,941,586492,263
Guyana131:58,6324,970
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Haiti111:971,26411,594
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England971:251,29218,244
Wales621:25,2971,450
Scotland161:233,9518,207
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2781:180,64316,096

Profit (1,705) may also be a first name.

Profit Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) Prophet (a nickname) [Old French prophete, Latin propheta, Greek προφήτης]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Profit Last Name Facts

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

Profit (Hindi: प्रोफिट) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Profit.

How Common Is The Last Name Profit? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 146,068th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,399,587 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Profit reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Profit is also the 186,065th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,705 people.

The last name Profit is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,618 people, or 1 in 224,017. In The United States it is mostly found in: South Carolina, where 11 percent reside, Louisiana, where 10 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.

Profit Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Profit has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Profit surname expanded 582 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 109 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 102 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 69 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Profit Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Profit surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

In The United States those holding the Profit last name are 0.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.76% registered with the political party.

The amount Profit earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.8% less than the national average, earning $36,761 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.93% less than the national average, earning $48,226 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Profitt922,836/
Proffit922,664/
Profijt92419/
Profeit9251/
Profiet926/
Proufit924/
Profite922/
Profith922/
Profhit921/
Profi91682/
Proffitt8613,501/
Proudfit86442/
Profitte8615/
Proffith866/
Proffitp861/
Proefitt861/
Proffiet861/
Prosfitt861/
Profaite861/
Profittt861/
Proodfit860/
Profis83281/
Profet83179/
Profio83146/
Prefit8334/
Proffi8334/
Profyt8321/
Profie832/
Profii832/
Proofi831/
Profid831/
Profip831/
Profiy831/
Proffitte804/
Proiffitt801/
Prophit7794/
Profete7792/
Proffet7733/
Profest7711/
Profeet7710/
Profett772/
Proffie772/
Profète771/
Profhet771/
Profets770/
Phrofet770/
Profe73579/
Profy7371/
Profa732/
Profê731/
Profí731/
Prafi731/
Prophitt71171/
Proffett7137/
Preffitt7123/
Prophite712/
Prophith711/
Profette711/
Profhete711/
Proffete710/
Propfe6794/
Profer6768/
Proffe6767/
Profes6747/
Prefet6719/
Prafii679/
Profee677/
Praffi676/
Profetová676/
Proofe675/
Proufa672/
Prophi672/
Profys672/
Prafis671/
Prowfe671/
Prófio671/
Praufi671/
Proudfett670/
Profey670/

Profit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Profit in the Hindi language
प्रोफिटprophita50
प्रोफितprophita50

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