Prospect Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Prospect Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prospect Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Prospect (175) may also be a first name.

Prospect Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prospect is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prospect? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Prospect reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 690,096th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 175 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Prospect is mostly found in: Ondo, where 75 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 25 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Prospect is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 33 percent are found and Israel, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prospec938/
Propect933/
Prospekt8839/
Prospeck886/
Prophect882/
Propec861/
Prospeack822/
Propeck80254/
Prospek8021/
Propeack7523/
Propecks750/
Prospektova743/
Propek711/
Przopek671/
Propeik670/
Propkova504/

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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 Prospect
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