Proosten Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Proosten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 133 | 1:126,971 | 19,799 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
Proosten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Proosten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Proosten occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Proosten? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,374,607th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Proosten reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Proosten is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 126,971. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 45 percent are found, Limburg, where 40 percent are found and Gelderland, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prosten | 93 | 48 | / |
| Prooten | 93 | 2 | / |
| Proten | 86 | 8 | / |
| Prouten | 80 | 272 | / |
| Protien | 80 | 155 | / |
| Prostin | 80 | 47 | / |
| Protten | 80 | 31 | / |
| Proteen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Prusten | 80 | 1 | / |
| Prasten | 80 | 1 | / |
| Prothen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Proistin | 75 | 67 | / |
| Prostina | 75 | 23 | / |
| Prastien | 75 | 9 | / |
| Prothien | 75 | 6 | / |
| Pruysten | 75 | 1 | / |
| Protin | 71 | 2,130 | / |
| Pruijsten | 71 | 50 | / |
| Praten | 71 | 5 | / |
| Proistina | 71 | 4 | / |
| Protem | 71 | 2 | / |
| Prothn | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pratten | 67 | 1,153 | / |
| Preuten | 67 | 120 | / |
| Prothin | 67 | 79 | / |
| Prateng | 67 | 63 | / |
| Protina | 67 | 17 | / |
| Prastin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Prastenova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pratoen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Prathen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Prottin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pratien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Proting | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prostinova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prustin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Proosten
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