Prüß Surname

249,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Prüß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Prüß Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5871:50,7286,620
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

The alternate forms: Prü (21) are calculated separately.

Prüß Last Name Facts

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

Prüß has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as: Prü. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Prüß? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 249,873rd most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,589,135 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Prüß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Prüß is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 1,587 people, or 1 in 50,728. In Germany it is primarily found in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 44 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent live. Not including Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prü9521/
Prühß891/
Pruß75870/
Prüs7576/
Prieß672,296/
Prühs67374/
Prüss67200/
Prauß6795/
Prueß6752/
Prüst6733/
Prütt6712/
Prüch675/
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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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