Pearls Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pearls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pearls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Pearls (43) may also be a first name.

Pearls Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pearls is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pearls? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Pearls reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 43 people.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa Pearls is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 52 percent live and Western Cape, where 48 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 4 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Pearls Last Name Statistics demography

Pearls earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.73% less than the national average, earning R 57,672 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pearles9261/
Perls91150/
Parls913/
Pearless86123/
Perles831,887/
Perils83495/
Perels83104/
Parles8396/
Parels837/
Pearlz836/
Perlsø834/
Peyrls831/
Parlse831/
Peréls831/
Pharls830/
Pharles772,638/
Paerels7793/
Perless7744/
Perrels7743/
Peierls777/
Parrles776/
Peirels774/
Peerles773/
Peraels772/
Pherles771/
Perhles771/
Parless771/
Parrels771/
Parlesz771/
Pierles771/
Perelse771/
Perlz733/
Peerless71621/
Perelles7136/
Perrells7115/
Pharless714/
Parelles712/
Pereglis711/
Perilles711/
Petrills711/
Parilles710/
Petrells710/
Parrells710/
Pargills710/
Pierless710/
Perlez67124/
Pirles6786/
Peyrilles6746/
Perrilles6729/
Preles6725/
Perleß6724/
Pérels6710/
Petrelles678/
Parlez672/
Pêrels672/
Parrilles671/
Pirels671/
Perelz671/
Petrllese671/
Perielles671/
Perriells671/
Perlesová671/
Pourls670/

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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 Pearls
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