Prokop Surname

21,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,066 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Czechia

Prokop Surname Definition:

(Polish, Ukranian, Russian) Descendant of Prokop (progressive).

Prokop Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland9,0741:4,189449
United States4,4691:81,1059,221
Czechia4,2221:2,519174
Germany1,5531:51,8396,747
Ukraine1,3231:34,4094,986
Austria8881:9,5891,247
Slovakia6111:8,734929
Canada5851:62,9847,367
Russia4181:344,79234,317
Hungary2871:34,2033,727
France2661:249,70938,568
Belarus1551:61,29710,301
Lithuania1531:19,8343,576
Brazil1181:1,814,18958,634
England1121:497,48331,781
Australia1031:262,09423,895
Transnistria981:4,844849
French Polynesia801:3,510781
Argentina761:562,41340,543
Croatia671:63,11311,594
Romania561:358,53330,627
Latvia501:41,0016,251
Serbia451:158,77710,708
Israel291:295,09125,768
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Moldova271:131,90314,519
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Spain221:2,125,09354,547
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Kazakhstan131:1,360,19271,840
Norway131:395,56035,657
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
China21:683,660,78330,601
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Prokop (2,389) may also be a first name.

Prokop Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, Ukranian, Russian) Descendant of Prokop (progressive).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Prokop Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prokop (Georgian: პროკოფ, Russian: Прокоп) occurs more in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Prokop.

How Common Is The Last Name Prokop? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 21,713th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 290,734 people. The last name Prokop is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Prokop are found; 64 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 55 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 151,876th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 2,389 people.

The surname Prokop is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is held by 9,074 people, or 1 in 4,189. Other than Poland this surname exists in 63 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Czechia, where 17 percent live.

Prokop Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prokop has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prokop surname increased 14,897 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prokop Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (76%) in Russia, Orthodox (60%) in Belarus and Orthodox (69%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Prokop last name are 11.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.95% registered with the political party.

The amount Prokop earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 39.28% less than the national average, earning 210,129 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.82% more than the national average, earning $46,524 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.13% more than the national average, earning $51,734 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prokopp92527/
Prokoph92315/
Prokopf92191/
Prockop9217/
Prokope923/
Prokoop920/
Prekop831,659/
Procop83945/
Prukop83654/
Prakop83624/
Prokob8370/
Prokap8315/
Prékop8312/
Prokopova806,478/
Prokopová804,773/
Procope77596/
Proykov77139/
Prekopp7760/
Procops7732/
Prakope7726/
Procopp7725/
Prohkov772/
Prekoup771/
Prokkob771/
Prockov771/
Proikov771/
Prokophová754/
Prokophova751/
Prokhopova751/
Prokhoov714/
Procoppe711/
Proukhov711/
Prakob67267/
Precop67228/
Prekob67175/
Prakap6791/
Prakopova6750/
Procopova6742/
Procov6714/
Prukov675/
Pracop674/
Prokapova672/

Prokop Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prokop in the Georgian language
პროკოფprokop-
Prokop in the Russian language
Прокопprokop-

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