Prossy Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Prossy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 30 | 1:1,301,309 | 50,636 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Prossy (99,557) may also be a first name.
Prossy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prossy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prossy is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prossy? popularity and diffusion
The last name Prossy is the 3,100,440th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Prossy occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Prossy live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Prossy is also the 10,230th most widespread first name in the world, held by 99,557 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 1,301,309. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Hoima District, where 7 percent are found, Kyenjojo District, where 7 percent are found and Gomba District, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and Benin, where 3 percent are found.
Prossy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Prossy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prossy last name declined 86 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 Prossy
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