Prokofjevs Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Prokofjevs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 299 | 1:6,856 | 955 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Prokofjevs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prokofjevs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Prokofjevs is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Prokofjevs.
How Common Is The Last Name Prokofjevs? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 868,551st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Prokofjevs are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The last name Prokofjevs is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 6,856. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 59 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 14 percent live and Semigallia, where 12 percent live. Excluding Latvia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prokofjev | 95 | 114 | / |
| Prokofjeva | 90 | 860 | / |
| Prakofjevs | 90 | 1 | / |
| Prokofyev | 84 | 5,955 | / |
| Prokofiev | 84 | 420 | / |
| Prokofjew | 84 | 12 | / |
| Prokofjeff | 80 | 7 | / |
| Prokofiew | 74 | 71 | / |
| Procofiev | 74 | 38 | / |
| Prakofyev | 74 | 17 | / |
| Prokofief | 74 | 5 | / |
| Prokofyyv | 74 | 4 | / |
| Prakofiev | 74 | 3 | / |
| Prokofieff | 70 | 49 | / |
| Procofieff | 60 | 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
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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 Prokofjevs
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