Profs Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Profs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Profs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Profs (12) may also be a first name.

Profs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Profs has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Profs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Profs reside; 32 percent reside in Western Europe and 29 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 12 people.

This surname is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil Profs is most common in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 75 percent are found, Paraná, where 13 percent are found and Pernambuco, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Profs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Profs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Profs last name contracted 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Profss914/
Profst912/
Prof89188/
Proft801,728/
Proff80776/
Profe80579/
Propf8087/
Proof8054/
Probs8017/
Prouf802/
Prosf802/
Phrof801/
Provs801/
Vprof801/
Prrof801/
Prows800/
Prowse736,627/
Prouff73265/
Provst73160/
Profft73150/
Propfe7394/
Proffe7367/
Proohf7321/
Prooff7311/
Proofe735/
Propft732/
Prowst731/
Prowss731/
Protvs731/
Prowfe731/
Prhoof731/
Probsh730/
Prow671,178/
Praf6760/
Prob6711/
Prov674/
Profova673/
Pfropfe671/
Prouwse671/
Proudft670/

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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 Profs
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