Prosby Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Prosby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prosby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Prosby Last Name Facts

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

Prosby (Russian: Просьбы) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Prosby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prosby? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Prosby live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 56 percent live, North Dakota, where 31 percent live and Massachusetts, where 13 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 6 percent live.

Prosby Last Name Statistics demography

Prosby earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.03% more than the national average, earning $46,612 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proby91730/
Presby83834/
Prosba8342/
Probey8338/
Proboy834/
Probyt831/
Probyi831/
Probay830/
Prouby830/
Probych7715/
Presbey777/
Proubay772/
Pressby771/
Presboy770/
Presbuy770/
Proba73556/
Probe73212/
Probi7393/
Provy7313/
Praby731/
Probá731/
Protsvyt711/
Prober67422/
Probha67168/
Probio6775/
Provey6770/
Probit6748/
Probis6734/
Probez6733/
Probee6727/
Probet6721/
Prośba6715/
Pravoy6715/
Presbi6714/
Probić6711/
Probed679/
Proube678/
Proubi675/
Presbe672/
Probeh672/
Probie671/
Probes671/
Prabey671/
Przaby671/
Probje671/
Proboa671/
Prosvi671/
Proobe671/
Prabiy671/
Proswa670/

Prosby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prosby in the Russian language
Просьбыprosby-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Prosby
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