Prohon Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Prohon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prohon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France131:5,109,440259,941
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Prohon (11) may also be a first name.

Prohon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prohon is found most frequently in France. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Prohon.

How Common Is The Last Name Prohon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Prohon live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 11 people.

This last name is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 5,109,440. In France it is most prevalent in: Hauts-de-France, where 100 percent live. Besides France it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prohoon920/
Prohan8359/
Prohom8336/
Prehon8334/
Prahon831/
Prohonova8017/
Proahan7712/
Proohan771/
Prahoon771/
Praon7362/
Proan732/
Preon731/
Prohaten710/
Prohanova6711/
Praoom674/
Prouan671/
Prahonova671/
Prahom671/
Proane671/
Preoin670/
Projean62124/
Prouane627/
Phraong624/
Phraeon624/
Projyan621/
Projian621/
Prrehan621/
Prahhan621/
Preuhan620/
Pfrehan620/
Praom5531/
Proam551/
Uamphrahom5029/

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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 Prohon
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