Perania Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Perania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 279 | 1:362,861 | 48,223 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Perania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Perania Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Perania occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Perania click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Perania? popularity and diffusion
The last name Perania is the 897,852nd most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. The last name Perania is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Perania reside; 97 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is carried by 279 people, or 1 in 362,861. In The Philippines Perania is most prevalent in: Western Visayas, where 70 percent live, Soccsksargen, where 18 percent live and National Capital Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from The Philippines this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Perania Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Perania has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Perania last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrania | 93 | 26 | / |
| Peranijah | 88 | 2 | / |
| Peranio | 86 | 309 | / |
| Perenia | 86 | 109 | / |
| Peronia | 86 | 83 | / |
| Porania | 86 | 20 | / |
| Peragna | 86 | 18 | / |
| Parania | 86 | 13 | / |
| Pirania | 86 | 12 | / |
| Peranha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Peranya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Petronia | 80 | 288 | / |
| Peronnia | 80 | 78 | / |
| Peroniat | 80 | 20 | / |
| Petranja | 80 | 11 | / |
| Pereniea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petranio | 80 | 1 | / |
| Perranha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Peraña | 77 | 114 | / |
| Petrounia | 75 | 33 | / |
| Peirounia | 75 | 14 | / |
| Peronniat | 75 | 8 | / |
| Petronias | 75 | 6 | / |
| Parhaniah | 75 | 5 | / |
| Peerounia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Piranio | 71 | 295 | / |
| Piranha | 71 | 260 | / |
| Peronio | 71 | 205 | / |
| Paronia | 71 | 148 | / |
| Perenio | 71 | 141 | / |
| Paranio | 71 | 81 | / |
| Parenia | 71 | 71 | / |
| Piranya | 71 | 55 | / |
| Petrounias | 71 | 7 | / |
| Peranjo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Paranja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Peirounias | 71 | 4 | / |
| Peranho | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pereñia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Poronia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peraneo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perônio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pironia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petronio | 67 | 4,901 | / |
| Piranjat | 67 | 20 | / |
| Pirongia | 67 | 13 | / |
| Petrônio | 67 | 12 | / |
| Perronio | 67 | 11 | / |
| Paranjay | 67 | 11 | / |
| Piranhah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Porojnia | 67 | 8 | / |
| Peeronio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pyrounia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirannha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Petrónio | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Perania
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