Proxima Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Proxima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Proxima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Proxima (42) may also be a first name.

Proxima Last Name Facts

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

The last name Proxima (Oriya: ସିମା) is found most in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Proxima? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Proxima live; 43 percent live in South America and 43 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 42 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil Proxima is primarily concentrated in: Espírito Santo, where 56 percent reside and São Paulo, where 44 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil Proxima is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 5 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proximo86143/
Prosima8610/
Proximi861/
Procima861/
Prossima809/
Prosisma801/
Prozyma714/
Prosimo712/
Procimo712/
Prosema711/
Prossimo6737/
Proscimo675/
Prachima671/
Prachimma635/
Prochimou631/
Pracimath631/
Prasema571/
Phrasema53164/

Proxima Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Proxima in the Oriya language
ସିମାsima-

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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 Proxima
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