Prohorova Surname

198,841st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Prohorova Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prohorova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia1,5341:93,95211,668
Latvia2931:6,997990
Kazakhstan991:178,61117,118
Belarus751:126,68118,297
Moldova381:93,72011,459
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Ukraine141:3,251,621182,804
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Prohorova Last Name Facts

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

Prohorova has its highest incidence in Russia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Prohorova click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prohorova? popularity and diffusion

The surname Prohorova is the 198,841st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,466,958 people. Prohorova is primarily found in Europe, where 76 percent of Prohorova live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 58 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Prohorova is most frequently used in Russia, where it is held by 1,534 people, or 1 in 93,952. In Russia it is primarily found in: Moscow, where 14 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 6 percent live and Republic of Tatarstan, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Russia this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 14 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live.

Prohorova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Prohorova surname are 11.12% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 57.89% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prohhorova9541/
Prohorov941,913/
Prohorovs89246/
Prohhorov8957/
Proharova891/
Proharov825/
Prohorof823/
Prohor80566/
Prohoroff78165/
Proharovs781/
Prohar6715/
Proyor678/
Projor671/
Prohart63144/
Praor571/
Proart536/
Praore535/
Praosr532/
Proard531/
Praosrt501/

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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 Prohorova
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