Prüwer Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Prüwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Prüwer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315

The alternate forms: Pruwer (28) are calculated separately.

Prüwer Last Name Facts

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

Prüwer occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Pruwer. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prüwer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Prüwer reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany Prüwer is most numerous in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 62 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Switzerland, where 38 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pruwer9428/
Prüwe911/
Prower8387/
Priwer8363/
Prüver8310/
Priewer7743/
Phrower775/
Pruewer771/
Priwe733/
Priewe67984/
Priver67106/
Pruver670/
Pruber670/
Priever6217/
Proover6216/
Prubear621/
Preuber621/
Prowirr621/
Prouver621/
Privier621/
Proever620/
Prouveur57968/
Prive551,064/
Pruwi5569/
Pruve5510/
Prieve50405/
Privee50229/
Privey5088/
Privér508/
Pruvey507/
Privea502/
Preuhwirth501/
Privei501/
Prievi501/
Privie500/
Pruvie500/

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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 Prüwer
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