Profit is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Profit
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: The name is carried in the Correze and especially the Seine-et-Marne department, where we find the variant Proffit, also present in the Aisne. The meaning of the word "profit" is almost the same in the Middle Ages than today, it gives us a nickname that is not of great clarity (nickname of a wealthy person?). Or, consider the transformation of another word, the closest being the old French "benefits" (= prophet, seer).

How popular is Profit?

Profit is common in United States.

Profit is ranked 130696 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Profits grew by 11.57752 per cent to 1648 since 2000 and ranked 17182 after elevating 379 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 66.38 63.64
White 29.13 32.97
Hispanic or Latino 2.49 1.76
Others 1.76 1.42
Profit is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Guyana. Around 3006 people have been found who wears Profit as their family name. Profit is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
33,253 New Zealand9
497,106 Indonesia8
103,759 Spain8
214,847 Australia4
122,390 Belarus4
19,452 Malaysia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
40,064 Nigeria2
12,161 Wales2
8,995 Uganda2
50,640 Switzerland2
95,312 Argentina2
54,641 Sweden2
9,185 Hong Kong2
58,885 Poland1
12,741 Ecuador1
34,581 Chile1
25,746 Finland1
7,110 Bosnia1
2,715 Gabon1
90,903 Moldova1
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
28,365 Kenya1
29,774 Venezuela1
492,292 Ukraine1
7,847 Albania1
56,169 Mexico1
118,015 Netherlands1
20,172 Hungary1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,489 Denmark30
18,457 Scotland20
493,558 India15
4,912 Guyana14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Profit:
13,698 France686
43,536 Germany235
16,581 Canada222
26,770 England177
Countries with thousands of Profit:
21,536 United States1,473
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

N. Profit was 23 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 3, 1851. He lived in Ireland where he worked as servant and took Garrick from Liverpool.

Comments

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Danica Knipe
profit means plenty, profit, aisee nickname of a person.

Profit Namesakes

  • Laron Profit, Basketball player
  • Gianni Profita, Author
  • Laron Profit, Basketball player
  • Gianni Profita, Author
  • Markus Maria Profitlich, Comedian
  • Mathilde Profit, Actress
  • Mel Profit, Football player
  • Laron Profit, Basketball player
  • Mel Profit, Football player
  • Joe Profit, Football player

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