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 last name Prüger occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Pruger. Click here to see other possible spellings of Prüger.
How Common Is The Last Name Prüger? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 996,001st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Prüger are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 439,921. In Germany Prüger is most numerous in: Thuringia, where 80 percent live, Bavaria, where 8 percent live and Saxony, where 5 percent live. Excluding Germany Prüger occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 23 percent live and Czechia, where 5 percent live.
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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