Prohit Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Prohit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prohit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1971:3,893,733106,713
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Prohit (119) may also be a first name.

Prohit Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prohit (Hindi: प्रोहित, Marathi: ोहीत, Oriya: େପାହିତ) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prohit? popularity and diffusion

The surname Prohit is the 1,181,191st most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. Prohit occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Prohit live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 856,040th most commonly used given name worldwide, held by 119 people.

The last name Prohit is most common in India, where it is borne by 197 people, or 1 in 3,893,733. In India Prohit is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 23 percent live, Delhi, where 15 percent live and Telangana, where 15 percent live. Not including India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and South Korea, where 0 percent live.

Prohit Last Name Statistics demography

Prohit earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prohith9231/
Pruohit922/
Prohitt922/
Prohite921/
Prohić83164/
Prohet8375/
Prahit8319/
Prohid834/
Prouit831/
Prehit831/
Pruoit830/
Proohet773/
Prohett772/
Prouith771/
Prouitt771/
Prohetz770/
Proet7374/
Prohette711/
Preuit67299/
Proett67156/
Proest67139/
Pruijt67106/
Prahić6754/
Proetz6737/
Proete6718/
Pruiet673/
Pruiit672/
Prahid671/
Prauit671/

Prohit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prohit in the Hindi language
प्रोहितprohita94.29
पुरोहितpurohita5.71
Prohit in the Oriya language
େପାହିତepahita87.5
େପାହୀତepahita12.5
Prohit in the Marathi language
ोहीतohita54.29
पुरोिहतpuroihata34.29
पुरोहीतpurohita11.43

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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
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  • 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 Prohit
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