Profos Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Profos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Profos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Profos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Profos is more frequently found in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Profos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Profos? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Profos are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Profos is most frequently used in Switzerland, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 228,137. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Bern, where 42 percent reside, Canton of Solothurn, where 17 percent reside and Canton of Zug, where 14 percent reside. Other than Switzerland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 21 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profous | 92 | 123 | / |
| Profost | 92 | 1 | / |
| Profo | 91 | 4 | / |
| Profus | 83 | 317 | / |
| Profas | 83 | 16 | / |
| Profoß | 83 | 6 | / |
| Profot | 83 | 3 | / |
| Prefos | 83 | 1 | / |
| Prafos | 83 | 0 | / |
| Profosova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Proufas | 77 | 51 | / |
| Profusz | 77 | 9 | / |
| Profase | 77 | 0 | / |
| Profousová | 75 | 102 | / |
| Prafo | 73 | 7 | / |
| Profa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Proufoot | 71 | 6 | / |
| Prowfoot | 71 | 0 | / |
| Prodfoot | 71 | 0 | / |
| Proudfoot | 67 | 6,139 | / |
| Prefas | 67 | 22 | / |
| Profuß | 67 | 9 | / |
| Proudfood | 67 | 3 | / |
| Proufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Profat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Proudfott | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prafus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Profasova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Proutfoot | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Profos
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