Pefkos Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Pefkos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Pefkos Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece421:263,80539,714
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Cyprus21:442,4389,493

Pefkos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pefkos is found most frequently in Greece. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pefkos? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,718,172nd most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The surname Pefkos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Pefkos reside; 86 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Greece, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 263,805. In Greece it is most frequent in: Central Macedonia, where 95 percent reside, Attica, where 2 percent reside and South Aegean, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Greece Pefkos exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 14 percent reside and Cyprus, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pafiakos711/
Pufkus6721/
Piveks671/
Piwkosz621/
Pawkas501/
Powcas500/

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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 Pefkos
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