Proverbs Surname

440,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Barbados
Highest density in:
Barbados

Proverbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proverbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Barbados3181:904223
England2111:264,06720,991
United States1181:3,071,686178,560
Australia381:710,41347,396
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Panama151:260,8176,584
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
Trinidad and Tobago111:123,9987,543
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Proverbs (76) may also be a first name.

Proverbs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Proverbs is most common in Barbados. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Proverbs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Proverbs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Proverbs is the 440,964th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Proverbs are found; 44 percent are found in Caribbean and 44 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,107,702nd most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 76 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Barbados, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 904. In Barbados Proverbs is most frequent in: Saint Philip, where 36 percent are found, Saint Michael, where 34 percent are found and Christ Church, where 13 percent are found. Besides Barbados this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 27 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Proverbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Proverbs has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 586 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 5,900 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Proverbs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Proverbs last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Proverbs earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 11.27% less than the national average, earning $38,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 101.14% more than the national average, earning $99,933 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proverb9394/
Proberbs881/
Probherbs8260/
Proverv801/
Preve Ribas741/
Parfier-Baisse551/
Bravo Ribas532/
Bari-Forbes531/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Proverbs
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