Pröckl Surname

1,111,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 219 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pröckl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pröckl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1501:536,70344,788
Austria481:177,40522,887
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412

The alternate forms: Prockl (232) are calculated separately.

Pröckl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pröckl is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Prockl. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pröckl? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,111,382nd most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pröckl live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 536,703. In Germany Pröckl is most common in: Bavaria, where 46 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent reside and Hesse, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 22 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prockl94232/
Pröckel923/
Prökl911/
Preckl8316/
Prökel8310/
Pröcklová804/
Preckel77830/
Präckel7721/
Pröchel7721/
Proeckl7710/
Prockel772/
Prackel770/
Prokl7380/
Prekl7315/
Prakl730/
Procl730/
Praeckel7118/
Präckelt7112/
Prekel67206/
Prakel6774/
Prokel6761/
Prakil6710/
Präkel676/
Präkelt62253/
Prekiel62217/
Prokell6230/
Praakel6229/
Preekel6217/
Prekkel627/
Praekel623/
Proekel621/
Prokiel621/
Prakill621/
Prekell621/

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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 Pröckl
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