Family name Pranks (Pranks 
, แผลงศรี 
, ฤทธิ์แผลง ) , globally, is a rare cognomen. The last name Pranks is characteristic of Latvia, where it is quite a rare surname, Thailand, where it is a rare surname, and Netherlands, where it is a very rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Thailand, Latvia, and Germany. Very seldom, Pranks is the forename as well as the last name.