Protea Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Protea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 107 | 1:187,644 | 19,002 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Protea (90) may also be a first name.
Protea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Protea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Protea occurs most in Romania. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Protea? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,736,881st most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Protea live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 1,005,046th most numerous forename internationally, borne by 90 people.
This last name is most common in Romania, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 187,644. In Romania it is most common in: Iași County, where 53 percent live, Caraș-Severin County, where 43 percent live and Timiș County, where 4 percent live. Apart from Romania Protea exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent live.
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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 Protea
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