Prá Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Prá Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prá Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Pra (15,297) & Prà (17) are calculated separately.

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Prá Demographics

Average Male Prá Height

171.86 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 21 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Prá Last Name Facts

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

The last name Prá is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Pra or Prà. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prá? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,602,217th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Prá reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 90 percent reside in Luso-South America.

Prá is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 7,928,679. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Santa Catarina, where 48 percent live, São Paulo, where 19 percent live and Rio Grande do Sul, where 15 percent live. Outside of Brazil this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 3 percent live and Italy, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pra8915,297/
Prà8917/
Prát86161/
Práč868/
Práj861/
Práth7544/
Pro6727,234/
Pre674,494/
Pry671,843/
Pri67981/
Pró6738/
Prj6710/
Prô6710/
Pré675/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Prá
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