Proiou Surname
Approximately 207 people bear this surname
Proiou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 204 | 1:54,313 | 9,008 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Proiou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Proiou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Proiou occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Proiou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Proiou is the 1,155,901st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The surname Proiou is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Proiou reside; 99 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 54,313. In Greece it is primarily found in: Central Macedonia, where 48 percent are found, Attica, where 28 percent are found and North Aegean, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Greece Proiou exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progiou | 92 | 47 | / |
| Priou | 91 | 1,934 | / |
| Proou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Priu | 80 | 110 | / |
| Proyous | 77 | 17 | / |
| Prehiou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prihoud | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pruiu | 73 | 324 | / |
| Prieu | 73 | 315 | / |
| Prius | 73 | 74 | / |
| Priju | 73 | 15 | / |
| Preou | 73 | 15 | / |
| Proju | 73 | 11 | / |
| Priut | 73 | 6 | / |
| Pryou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Prihu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Prițu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Proyu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Preoo | 73 | 0 | / |
| Proau | 73 | 0 | / |
| Priutt | 67 | 40 | / |
| Priyau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Proaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preyou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pruoux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Proyus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Praiju | 67 | 1 | / |
| Priush | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prihui | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Proiou
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