Prudent Surname

56,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Chad

Prudent Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prudent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3,9721:16,7231,813
Chad2,6961:5,042774
Haiti1,3231:8,076906
United States4491:807,25862,140
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Argentina501:854,86855,754
Trinidad and Tobago491:27,8362,953
New Caledonia471:5,8771,249
England461:1,211,26256,182
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Saint Lucia191:9,4101,001
India191:40,371,862445,856
Rwanda161:710,3112,071
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
China21:683,660,78330,601
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States731:687,92744,660

Prudent (5,317) may also be a first name.

Prudent Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prudent is found most in France. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prudent? popularity and diffusion

The surname Prudent is the 56,538th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 812,798 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Prudent are found; 30 percent are found in West Africa and 30 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Prudent is also the 92,577th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 5,317 people.

Prudent is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 3,972 people, or 1 in 16,723. In France it is most frequent in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 24 percent reside, French Guiana, where 18 percent reside and Martinique, where 14 percent reside. Other than France this last name is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 30 percent reside and Haiti, where 15 percent reside.

Prudent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Prudent has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 615 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 329 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Prudent Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Prudent last name are 19.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.46% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Prudent earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.44% less than the national average, earning $39,938 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.7% less than the national average, earning $35,423 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prudente9325,793/
Prudentt933/
Prudents932/
Pruddent932/
Preudent931/
Pruden925,454/
Prudentte882/
Proudente881/
Pruidente881/
Pprudente881/
Preudente881/
Prudeente881/
Prudden86685/
Pruuden8645/
Prodent8622/
Prident868/
Prouden862/
Prudeen861/
Prudend861/
Prudint861/
Prudenn861/
Preuden861/
Prudentova8281/
Prudinte802/
Proden77151/
Prudin7730/
Prudyn771/
Prudem770/
Prudina7146/
Praudin715/
Prodden711/
Prudion711/
Pruding711/
Praudina6738/
Prudnova6732/
Prudinova631/
Prodin6266/
Prodén625/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Prudent
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