Prötzel Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prötzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prötzel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Protzel (390) are calculated separately.

Prötzel Last Name Facts

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

Prötzel is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Protzel. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prötzel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Prötzel live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Prötzel is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany Prötzel is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 89 percent reside, Thuringia, where 6 percent reside and Hesse, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 3 percent reside and Venezuela, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Protzel95390/
Prötzl9212/
Pretzel861,249/
Prätzel86101/
Pratzel8655/
Praetzel80308/
Pretzell8089/
Proetzel809/
Prätzelt801/
Preetzel801/
Preutzel800/
Pratzell800/
Pretzl77654/
Prezel77104/
Prozel7739/
Prazel772/
Protsel71112/
Pretsel7167/
Prozell7142/
Pröchel7121/
Prezell7110/
Pretzschel717/
Praziel714/
Prezuel713/
Praezel712/
Prozuel712/
Prazell711/
Prezehl710/
Pretsell67139/
Preczell671/
Phrezell670/
Prettsel670/
Pretschel630/
Prezil6285/
Prozil6280/
Praciel5737/
Preučil5719/
Protsyl571/
Prazill570/
Prodsehl531/

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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 Prötzel
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