Prosev Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
North Macedonia

Prosev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prosev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Austria91:946,15970,786
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
North Macedonia51:420,29419,032
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197

The alternate forms: Prošev (70) are calculated separately.

Prosev Last Name Facts

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

Prosev (Russian: Просьев) occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Prošev. Click here for further potential spellings of Prosev.

How Common Is The Last Name Prosev? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The last name Prosev is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Prosev are found; 57 percent are found in Western Europe and 57 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 746,629. In Switzerland Prosev is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Aargau, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Switzerland this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 26 percent reside and Australia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prošev9470/
Proshev92164/
Proseva927/
Protsev923/
Prosaev922/
Prosheva86685/
Protseev8616/
Proshaev867/
Proschev861/
Prosov83175/
Prasev8314/
Prusev832/
Projev831/
Proschaev8021/
Proscheva8016/
Proshchev801/
Protsyv772,058/
Protsiv77145/
Proševa77132/
Prutsev77112/
Praseva7727/
Prashev7714/
Prossov7710/
Prasiev778/
Proshov774/
Prozaev773/
Prochev773/
Prosepe772/
Pruseva772/
Prosife771/
Prossep771/
Proshiv771/
Projeev771/
Prushev771/
Prozhev771/
Proychev71185/
Prozheev7164/
Proichev7152/
Protchev7132/
Prudtsev7123/
Prasheva7122/
Pruttsev7115/
Prashiev713/
Prousaef711/
Protsief711/
Prasov67224/
Prociv67111/
Presov6796/
Prazov6735/
Prasav6725/
Prezov6722/
Prozov6710/
Prasew678/
Prasep672/
Prashchev672/
Prucev672/
Prajev672/
Pracev671/
Praschaev671/
Pruseb671/
Proshchiv671/
Proytchev671/
Prushchev671/
Progef670/

Prosev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prosev in the Russian language
Просьевprosev-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Prosev
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