Prokhorets Surname

481,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 692 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Prokhorets Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prokhorets Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine4141:109,95815,716
Russia2371:608,11453,530
Belarus161:593,81652,198
Kazakhstan161:1,105,15663,055
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Prokhorets Last Name Facts

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

Prokhorets (Russian: Прохорец) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prokhorets? popularity and diffusion

The surname Prokhorets is the 481,560th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,531,136 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Prokhorets are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 79 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 414 people, or 1 in 109,958. In Ukraine it is most frequent in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 48 percent live, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 11 percent live and Kherson Oblast, where 6 percent live. Not including Ukraine this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 34 percent live and Belarus, where 2 percent live.

Prokhorets Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Prokhorets last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Prokhorets last name are 8.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 55% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prokorets951/
Prokhoroets951/
Prokharets902/
Prochorec747/
Parkhurts742/
Prochorez741/
Prochoreć741/
Procourts741/
Prokhorych701/

Prokhorets Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prokhorets in the Russian language
Прохорецprohorec-

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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 Prokhorets
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