Pröscholdt Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pröscholdt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pröscholdt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

The alternate forms: Proscholdt (86) are calculated separately.

Pröscholdt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pröscholdt is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Proscholdt. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pröscholdt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Pröscholdt occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pröscholdt live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pröscholdt is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,677,197. In Germany Pröscholdt is most frequent in: Thuringia, where 54 percent are found, Bavaria, where 27 percent are found and Saxony, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Germany Pröscholdt is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Proscholdt9786/
Pröschold9549/
Prescholdt9013/
Proescholdt86151/
Proschold8478/
Proeschold8018/
Proschaldt809/
Proesholdt803/
Preschhold800/
Proshold7817/
Presholt782/
Preschol781/
Preshold780/
Proeschaldt7637/
Preschool741/
Preschal671/
Prasol632,313/
Prosol63132/
Presol6346/
Präsoll5944/
Prassol5912/
Prashal595/
Presoul591/
Prasool591/
Proshal590/
Presault561/
Prashall561/
Preseault53169/
Pressault5341/
Préseault533/
Presshall530/
Presseault50608/
Prasal50321/
Prosal5012/
Prosoł506/
Presal502/

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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 Pröscholdt
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