Prospero Surname

61,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Malta

Prospero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prospero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2,5911:82,6223,101
Mexico1,5801:78,5613,316
Philippines1,2541:80,73213,968
Italy7991:76,54213,440
United States5781:627,09250,607
Argentina3231:132,33311,205
Canada1981:186,08918,399
Portugal1601:65,1143,431
France981:677,78386,620
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Uruguay721:47,6635,347
Switzerland681:120,77812,249
Japan501:2,556,88631,037
Peru421:756,76516,930
Australia291:930,88655,860
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Malta181:23,9041,289
Panama171:230,1336,157
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
England91:6,190,895170,599
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Próspero (254), Pròspero (1), Prospéro (1) & Prosperò (1) are calculated separately.

Prospero (30,083) may also be a first name.

Prospero Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prospero (Russian: Просперо) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Próspero, Pròspero, Prospéro or Prosperò. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prospero? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 61,996th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 899,364 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Prospero live; 38 percent live in South America and 32 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 27,831st most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 30,083 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 2,591 people, or 1 in 82,622. In Brazil Prospero is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 54 percent live, Piauí, where 21 percent live and Bahia, where 10 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 19 percent live and The Philippines, where 15 percent live.

Prospero Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Prospero has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prospero surname grew 11,560 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Prospero Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Prospero surname are 8.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.36% being registered with the political party.

The amount Prospero earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 25.04% less than the national average, earning €22,509 per year; in Peru they earn 61% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,560 per year; in South Africa they earn 362.48% more than the national average, earning R 1,099,030 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.84% more than the national average, earning $28,569,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.06% less than the national average, earning $42,261 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.03% more than the national average, earning $69,569 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Prospero Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Prospero in the Russian language
Проспероprospero-

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Footnotes

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