Protner Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Protner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 82 | 1:30,338 | 6,145 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Prötner (1) are calculated separately.
Protner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Protner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Protner is found most in Slovenia. It can occur as: Prötner. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Protner? popularity and diffusion
Protner is the 1,907,068th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. Protner occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Protner are found; 86 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Slovenia, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 30,338. In Slovenia it is primarily concentrated in: Drava, where 80 percent live, Coastal-Karst, where 11 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 9 percent live. Excluding Slovenia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 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 Protner
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