Prüss Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Prüss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 154 | 1:522,763 | 44,015 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Pruss (6,735) are calculated separately.
Prüss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Prüss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Prüss is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Pruss. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Prüss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,185,157th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname Prüss occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Prüss live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 522,763. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 44 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 34 percent live and Hamburg, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany Prüss is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 8 percent live and Denmark, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pruss | 93 | 6,735 | / |
| Prüsse | 91 | 178 | / |
| Prüs | 89 | 76 | / |
| Pross | 80 | 3,109 | / |
| Prühs | 80 | 374 | / |
| Prüst | 80 | 33 | / |
| Prü | 75 | 21 | / |
| Preuss | 73 | 13,432 | / |
| Priess | 73 | 2,112 | / |
| Pruess | 73 | 663 | / |
| Prusse | 73 | 379 | / |
| Prauss | 73 | 98 | / |
| Proess | 73 | 34 | / |
| Prüsch | 73 | 20 | / |
| Pruiss | 73 | 10 | / |
| Proshs | 73 | 6 | / |
| Prouss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Prühse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Prus | 67 | 16,584 | / |
| Pros | 67 | 1,915 | / |
| Prüß | 67 | 1,588 | / |
| Preusse | 67 | 794 | / |
| Prausse | 67 | 14 | / |
| Proshsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Preuhss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hpreuss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prousse | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Prüss
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