Prosse Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Prosse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
The alternate forms: Prossé (11) are calculated separately.
Prosse (26) may also be a first name.
Prosse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prosse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Prosse is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Prossé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prosse? popularity and diffusion
Prosse is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Prosse are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 36 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 26 people.
The surname Prosse is most numerous in Brazil, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 100 percent are found. Barring Brazil this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 32 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.
Prosse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Prosse has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Prosse surname decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Prosse
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