Prowaznik Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Prowaznik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prowaznik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Prowaźnik (7) are calculated separately.

Prowaznik Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prowaznik is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Prowaźnik. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prowaznik? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Prowaznik are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,833,593. In Germany Prowaznik is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 13 percent reside and Thailand, where 13 percent reside.

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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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