Prowles Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Prowles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prowles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:1,989,93178,001
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Prowles Last Name Facts

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

The surname Prowles is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prowles? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Prowles live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 1,989,931. In England Prowles is most frequent in: Dorset, where 57 percent reside, East Sussex, where 39 percent reside and Somerset, where 4 percent reside.

Prowles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Prowles has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Prowles surname contracted 3 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prowless931/
Prowle92122/
Prowls9223/
Prowley8611/
Probles863/
Prowels861/
Prowly775/
Prowlx771/
Proble771/
Provle771/
Prawls770/
Provls770/
Problesch751/
Provler717/
Provlis713/
Problys712/
Prawley711/
Prawler711/
Probelle671/
Phrawley670/
Prable624/
Provly622/
Probli621/
Pravlis5755/
Provlic5715/
Prevlis571/
Prabelle531/

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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 Prowles
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