Prowling Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Prowling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prowling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
England61:9,286,343223,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Prowling Last Name Facts

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

Prowling is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Prowling? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Prowling reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa Prowling is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 43 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 40 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Prowling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Prowling has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Prowling Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Prowling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.06% more than the national average, earning R 320,952 per year and in United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

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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 Prowling
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