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 surname Proso (Russian: Просо) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Proso? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,152,132nd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname Proso occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Proso are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 18 people.
The surname Proso is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 80 percent live, Edo, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Proso
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