Prouse Surname
Approximately 2,733 people bear this surname
Prouse Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pruce,' i.e. of Prussia. If this be the origin, then the prefix le should be de in the Hundred Roll instances furnished below—a common error.
'And som wol have a Pruee sheld or a targe.
Read More About This SurnameProuse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 873 | 1:415,188 | 36,052 |
| England | 627 | 1:88,865 | 9,623 |
| Canada | 484 | 1:76,127 | 8,584 |
| Australia | 350 | 1:77,131 | 9,013 |
| New Zealand | 161 | 1:28,126 | 4,911 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 458 | 1:53,221 | 6,398 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:98,026 | 4,293 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 194 | 1:258,859 | 21,305 |
Prouse Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pruce,' i.e. of Prussia. If this be the origin, then the prefix le should be de in the Hundred Roll instances furnished below—a common error.
'And som wol have a Pruee sheld or a targe.' Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.
Richard le Prouz, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Prouz, Devon, ibid.
William Prous, Oxfordshire, ibid.
1758. Married — Edward McLean and Mary Prowse: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Valiant, Gallant [Middle English Old French prous, pro(u)z, (French preux] Richard le Prouz.—Hundred Rolls To countenance their wedding feast did want nor knight nor prowse.— Warner, Albions England, a.d. 1592.
From prâs, a meadow; or brâs, great. If from the Welsh, perhaps from Ap-Rowse.
Prouse or Prowse is a very ancient Devonshire name. In the reign of Edward I., Le Prouz was the name of a resident in the barony of Plympton (H. R.). The ancient knightly family of Prouz, of Chagford, was still surviving in the 17th century (W.). In the 16th and 17th centuries a gentle family of Prouse, or Prowse, resided at Exeter, and supplied more than one mayor to that city (W. and I.). Prowse was a name well established in Tiverton in the 16th and 17th centuries: in 1598, Edward Prowse, of Pilywell, in the parish of Tiverton, gave £20 to the poor (H.). Prowse is a frequent name in the list of burgesses and churchwardens of Tiverton during the 17th century (D. and H.). During the 17th and 18th centuries a distinguished family of Prowse resided at Axbridge, Somerset; one of the family last century was five times elected knight of the shire for the county of Somerset (Collinson's "Somerset"). Prowse is also a name established in Cornwall, in the Penzance district.
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Prouse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prouse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prouse is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prouse? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 159,642nd most frequently held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,666,501 people. Prouse is predominantly found in The Americas, where 47 percent of Prouse reside; 46 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 873 people, or 1 in 415,188. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 18 percent are found.
Prouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Prouse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Prouse last name rose 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 137 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 2,200 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 106 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Prouse Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Prouse surname are 17.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.32% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Prouse earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 5.03% less than the national average, earning R 225,696 per year; in United States they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning $41,566 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.16% less than the national average, earning $47,120 CAD per year.
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