Prowse Surname

74,207th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,627 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Prowse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pruce,' i.e. of Prussia. If this be the origin, then the prefix le should be de in the Hundred Roll instances furnished below—a common error.

'And som wol have a Pruee sheld or a targe.

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Prowse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3111:24,1103,337
Australia1,5651:17,2502,420
United States1,2051:300,79627,737
Canada9781:37,6744,758
South Africa1661:326,37230,631
New Zealand1561:29,0285,072
Wales721:42,9804,139
Scotland671:79,9085,892
Zimbabwe271:571,78744,609
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Norway71:734,61250,907
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France21:33,211,361423,184
China21:683,660,78330,601
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
East Timor11:1,215,928507
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3501:18,0562,607
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:469,33333,530

Prowse (13) may also be a first name.

Prowse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pruce,' i.e. of Prussia. If this be the origin, then the prefix le should be de in the Hundred Roll instances furnished below—a common error.

'And som wol have a Pruee sheld or a targe.' Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

Richard le Prouz, Devon, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William le Prouz, Devon, ibid.

William Prous, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1758. Married — Edward McLean and Mary Prowse: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) Valiant, Gallant [Middle English Old French prous, pro(u)z, (French preux] Richard le Prouz.—Hundred Rolls To countenance their wedding feast did want nor knight nor prowse.— Warner, Albions England, a.d. 1592.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From prâs, a meadow; or brâs, great. If from the Welsh, perhaps from Ap-Rowse.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Or Preux. Drogon Prose, Norm. 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph, Richard Probus homo 1198 (Ib.); William Prous, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Devon Or from the German, Praus; from the Dutch, Prousse; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Prowse Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prowse is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Prowse.

How Common Is The Last Name Prowse? popularity and diffusion

The last name Prowse is the 74,207th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,099,675 people. The last name Prowse occurs mostly in Europe, where 38 percent of Prowse live; 37 percent live in Northern Europe and 37 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent forename at a global level It is held by 13 people.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 2,311 people, or 1 in 24,110. In England Prowse is mostly concentrated in: Devon, where 22 percent reside, Greater London, where 13 percent reside and Cornwall, where 12 percent reside. Apart from England this last name is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Prowse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Prowse has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Prowse surname grew 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 1,126 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,340 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Prowse Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Prowse surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Prowse surname are 6.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.28% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Prowse earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.51% less than the national average, earning 212,805 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 83.57% more than the national average, earning R 436,224 per year; in United States they earn 9.22% more than the national average, earning $47,127 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.94% more than the national average, earning $51,145 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prouwse921/
Prowses921/
Prowser921/
Prowsey920/
Prows910/
Prowst831/
Prowss831/
Prawse830/
Prowshi771/
Profser770/
Profs7328/
Probs7317/
Praws732/
Provs731/
Prowx731/
Prowz730/
Provst67160/
Profss674/
Profst672/
Protvs671/
Prawsi671/
Probsi671/
Probsy671/
Prufse670/
Probsh670/
Profssa625/
Prabsej624/
Pravshe621/
Pravsieh577/
Pravs5546/
Provx551/
Prawz551/
Prāvs551/
Proffsoyz531/
Pravst5069/
Provci5037/
Provza501/
Pravsh501/
Pravsa501/
Pravje501/
Proubx500/

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