Proper Surname
Approximately 4,140 people bear this surname
Proper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,450 | 1:105,061 | 11,548 |
| Netherlands | 333 | 1:50,712 | 8,704 |
| Canada | 136 | 1:270,923 | 25,472 |
| Israel | 71 | 1:120,530 | 13,243 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 31 | 1:786,302 | 35,304 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Jersey | 6 | 1:8,647 | 1,503 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,017 | 1:49,379 | 5,625 |
Proper (525) may also be a first name.
Proper Demographics
Average Proper Salary in
United States
$40,274 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Proper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Proper Come From? nationality or country of origin
Proper occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Proper? popularity and diffusion
It is the 112,010th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,760,277 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Proper live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 368,302nd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 525 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,450 people, or 1 in 105,061. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 19 percent reside, Florida, where 6 percent reside and Michigan, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Proper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Proper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Proper surname grew 339 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 52 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Proper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Proper are 27.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.38% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Proper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 211.59% more than the national average, earning R 740,460 per year; in United States they earn 6.66% less than the national average, earning $40,274 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.87% less than the national average, earning $48,752 CAD per year.
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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 Proper
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