Prüter Surname

515,280th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 633 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prüter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prüter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5841:137,85216,748
Denmark201:282,23621,168
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Pruter (472) are calculated separately.

Prüter Last Name Facts

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

Prüter is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur as a variant: Pruter. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prüter? popularity and diffusion

Prüter is the 515,280th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,512,711 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Prüter live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 584 people, or 1 in 137,852. In Germany Prüter is most common in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 66 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside and Hamburg, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Prüter Last Name Statistics demography

Prüter earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.45% more than the national average, earning R 383,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pruter94472/
Prüther925/
Proter8367/
Priter8311/
Prueter77394/
Preuter77388/
Protter77139/
Prother7717/
Pritter7711/
Prieter777/
Pruther774/
Proeter772/
Prouter771/
Prutier771/
Pruster770/
Prither770/
Prite73511/
Prute735/
Preuster7139/
Proutier7117/
Pruetter711/
Pruitter711/
Prottier711/
Preuther710/
Prietter710/
Prusster710/
Pruether710/
Phritter710/
Priete67339/
Prutej6767/
Pritee6740/
Prutey6711/
Pritte673/
Prutte673/
Pritey673/
Prithe672/
Prüthi671/
Prutei671/
Protir671/
Pruete671/
Pritei671/

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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 Prüter
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