Paraskevis Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Paraskevis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 67 | 1:165,370 | 26,937 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Paraskevis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paraskevis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Paraskevis occurs most in Greece. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Paraskevis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,273,756th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Paraskevis are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
The last name Paraskevis is most frequently held in Greece, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 165,370. In Greece it is most prevalent in: Attica, where 69 percent are found and North Aegean, where 31 percent are found. Not including Greece this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paraskeviç | 90 | 1 | / |
| Parashkevich | 82 | 6 | / |
| Paraskaves | 80 | 1 | / |
| Paraskevych | 76 | 396 | / |
| Paraskewich | 76 | 37 | / |
| Poraskevich | 76 | 2 | / |
| Parashkevych | 73 | 5 | / |
| Poroshkevich | 64 | 5 | / |
| Potroshkevich | 61 | 1 | / |
| Poroshkevych | 55 | 7 | / |
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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 Paraskevis
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