Prowess Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Prowess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Prowess (32) may also be a first name.
Prowess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prowess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Prowess is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prowess? popularity and diffusion
The surname Prowess is the 10,311,814th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Prowess is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Prowess live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent forename globally, held by 32 people.
The surname Prowess is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 50 percent reside and Kano, where 50 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Prowess exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proess | 92 | 34 | / |
| Prowes | 92 | 0 | / |
| Prowesh | 86 | 13 | / |
| Prowest | 86 | 1 | / |
| Probess | 86 | 0 | / |
| Proes | 83 | 59 | / |
| Preuss | 77 | 13,432 | / |
| Preiss | 77 | 7,844 | / |
| Priess | 77 | 2,112 | / |
| Pruess | 77 | 663 | / |
| Preyss | 77 | 175 | / |
| Proiss | 77 | 14 | / |
| Proyss | 77 | 11 | / |
| Proves | 77 | 8 | / |
| Proies | 77 | 7 | / |
| Projes | 77 | 2 | / |
| Praess | 77 | 1 | / |
| Preass | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prawes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Proues | 77 | 1 | / |
| Proehs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Probes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prouss | 77 | 1 | / |
| Preess | 77 | 0 | / |
| Preusse | 71 | 794 | / |
| Proesch | 71 | 147 | / |
| Provest | 71 | 134 | / |
| Prawesh | 71 | 69 | / |
| Provejs | 71 | 24 | / |
| Preisse | 71 | 21 | / |
| Proveys | 71 | 7 | / |
| Provese | 71 | 4 | / |
| Prewesh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pravess | 71 | 2 | / |
| Provies | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prohies | 71 | 1 | / |
| Proyest | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prowisz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Proveis | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prouest | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preuhss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Priiess | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hpreuss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Provehs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prousse | 71 | 1 | / |
| Projesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preiess | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prosuis | 71 | 0 | / |
| Proveus | 71 | 0 | / |
| Proviss | 71 | 0 | / |
| Preis | 67 | 11,514 | / |
| Pries | 67 | 8,323 | / |
| Preus | 67 | 1,101 | / |
| Preys | 67 | 1,008 | / |
| Preas | 67 | 533 | / |
| Prues | 67 | 444 | / |
| Prous | 67 | 439 | / |
| Praes | 67 | 413 | / |
| Projs | 67 | 248 | / |
| Prees | 67 | 197 | / |
| Prois | 67 | 125 | / |
| Pryes | 67 | 50 | / |
| Proys | 67 | 11 | / |
| Preuschs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Prowess
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