Pecorino Surname

598,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Italy

Pecorino Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pecorino Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3121:1,161,72783,203
Italy931:657,59958,183
Argentina451:949,85460,205
France361:1,845,076161,051
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
England31:18,572,686338,250
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Pecorino Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pecorino is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pecorino? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pecorino is the 598,302nd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,014,511 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Pecorino are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 312 people, or 1 in 1,161,727. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 34 percent reside, Florida, where 12 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States Pecorino occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 18 percent reside and Argentina, where 9 percent reside.

Pecorino Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pecorino surname are 9.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Pecorino earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 15.33% less than the national average, earning €25,425 per year and in United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,990 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pecoraino9464/
Pecoreno885/
Pecorina883/
Pecarino881/
Picorino881/
Peccarino825/
Pechkorina7822/
Pecarina7557/
Pecorena7520/
Pecarinha711/
Pechkoryna674/
Pichkorina671/
Pekarina6314/
Pikorina632/
Pekoryna631/
Pikarina509/

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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 Pecorino
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