Surname Proft (Proft 
) , worldwide, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Proft is habitual in Western Europe, particularly Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname, Germany, and Austria, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Germany, Belgium, and the United States.
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| Proft | Germany, Czechia, Belgium, Australia, United States |
| christian gottlob proft DK (b. 1736) |
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| gabriele proft Austrian politician (1879-1971), AT (b. 1879) |
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| hans proft DE (b. 1887) |
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| werner proft field hockey player, DE (b. 1901) |
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| carl erik proft Swedish painter (1914-2009), SE (b. 1914) |
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| miroslav proft Sports shooter (1923-2011) (b. 1923) |
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| pat proft American screenwriter, US (b. 1947) |
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| dan proft American politician, US (b. 1972) |
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| norm proft CA (b. 1966) |
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| fabian proft researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4306-033X) |
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| jennifer mcdonald proft Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin 2002 |
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| frank de proft researcher |
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| georges de proft Belgian weightlifter |
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| kirstin proft researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-2895-5186) |
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| kirstin m. proft botanist |
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