Protab Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Protab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Protab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Protab (705) may also be a first name.

Protab Last Name Facts

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

The last name Protab occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Protab? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Protab is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Protab reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. Protab is also the 311,169th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 705 people.

The surname Protab is most common in Mauritius, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 323,354. In Mauritius it is mostly found in: Flacq District, where 100 percent reside. Barring Mauritius it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Protaub921/
Protabh921/
Pratab83240/
Protap8340/
Pretab831/
Prathab7770/
Protova7722/
Pruthab7718/
Pratabh772/
Protasv771/
Prataub771/
Prattab771/
Prathaab712/
Pratap67217,594/
Protov6773/
Pratav6748/
Protopova6745/
Pretap6718/
Prataf6716/
Prataw6710/
Protop6710/
Protapova675/

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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 Protab
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