Pruwer Surname

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

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Pruwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pruwer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium161:718,54060,840
England101:5,571,806158,774
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Prüwer (21) are calculated separately.

Pruwer Last Name Facts

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

Pruwer is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Prüwer. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pruwer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Pruwer live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pruwer is most commonly held in Belgium, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 718,540. In Belgium Pruwer is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Belgium it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 36 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prüwer9421/
Pruewer921/
Prower8387/
Priwer8363/
Pruver830/
Pruber830/
Priewer7743/
Phrower775/
Preuber771/
Prouver771/
Prubear771/
Prouveur71968/
Priver67106/
Prüver6710/
Preuhwirth631/
Priever6217/
Proover6216/
Privier621/
Prowirr621/
Proever620/
Prouvaire532/
Privér508/

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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 Pruwer
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