Pröhl Surname

214,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pröhl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pröhl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,8911:42,5735,598
Austria231:370,23639,193
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:597,84140,179

Pröhl Last Name Facts

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

Pröhl is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pröhl? popularity and diffusion

It is the 214,101st most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,791,647 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pröhl reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 1,891 people, or 1 in 42,573. In Germany Pröhl is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 21 percent are found, Saxony, where 18 percent are found and Thuringia, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pröhll911/
Prhl891/
Pröll803,079/
Prehl80385/
Pråhl8060/
Prøhl8027/
Prühl8012/
Pryhl8011/
Prihl808/
Pröhlová771/
Prl753/
Proehl731,165/
Prehll7350/
Preehl7319/
Priehl735/
Prögli731/
Prihll731/
Praehl730/
Pril672,166/
Prel67642/
Pryl67504/
Prýl673/
Prll672/
Hprl671/
Prlh671/
Prlp671/
Pprl671/
Präl671/
Phroehl671/

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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
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  • 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 Pröhl
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