Prospers Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Kenya

Prospers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prospers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Prospers (120) may also be a first name.

Prospers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prospers has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Prospers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prospers is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Prospers is primarily found in Africa, where 40 percent of Prospers reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Prospers is also the 852,104th most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 120 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Oyo, where 50 percent reside and Rivers, where 50 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Prospers exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent reside and Kenya, where 20 percent reside.

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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 Prospers
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