Prüger Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Prüger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 183 | 1:439,921 | 39,335 |
| Austria | 60 | 1:141,924 | 19,117 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Pruger (112) are calculated separately.
Prüger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prüger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Prüger is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Pruger. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Prüger? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 996,001st most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prüger are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Prüger is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 439,921. In Germany Prüger is mostly found in: Thuringia, where 80 percent reside, Bavaria, where 8 percent reside and Saxony, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 23 percent reside and Czechia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pruger | 94 | 112 | / |
| Prügger | 92 | 396 | / |
| Prüser | 83 | 597 | / |
| Proger | 83 | 165 | / |
| Priger | 83 | 144 | / |
| Prüher | 83 | 83 | / |
| Prügerová | 80 | 15 | / |
| Prugger | 77 | 928 | / |
| Proeger | 77 | 125 | / |
| Prieger | 77 | 115 | / |
| Prigger | 77 | 54 | / |
| Prueger | 77 | 40 | / |
| Prücher | 77 | 10 | / |
| Prugeer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Progier | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prugier | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pruguer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Preuger | 77 | 0 | / |
| Prauger | 77 | 0 | / |
| Prouger | 77 | 0 | / |
| Prige | 73 | 14 | / |
| Prügi | 73 | 12 | / |
| Pruge | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pruegger | 71 | 37 | / |
| Preußger | 71 | 27 | / |
| Pfrieger | 71 | 16 | / |
| Preusger | 71 | 12 | / |
| Prougier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prigge | 67 | 5,617 | / |
| Priser | 67 | 663 | / |
| Prizer | 67 | 281 | / |
| Pruser | 67 | 76 | / |
| Prozer | 67 | 57 | / |
| Priher | 67 | 47 | / |
| Prüherová | 67 | 33 | / |
| Prűher | 67 | 7 | / |
| Prujer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Preussger | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prugerova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prugge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prühse | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Prüger
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