Proso Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Proso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| Croatia | 58 | 1:72,907 | 12,893 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 1:589,400 | 14,340 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Proso (18) may also be a first name.
Proso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Proso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Proso (Russian: Просо) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Proso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,152,132nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 49 percent of Proso live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 18 people.
The surname Proso is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria Proso is most frequent in: Delta, where 80 percent live, Edo, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 28 percent live and Estonia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Proso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Proso in the Russian language | ||
| Просо | proso | - |
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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 Proso
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