Perarnau Surname

371,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 967 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Perarnau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Perarnau 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
Spain7811:59,8625,446
France691:962,648108,938
Argentina521:821,98954,134
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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The alternate forms: Pérarnau (1) are calculated separately.

Perarnau Last Name Facts

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

Perarnau is more commonly found in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Pérarnau. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perarnau? popularity and diffusion

Perarnau is the 371,278th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,536,242 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Perarnau live; 81 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname Perarnau is most commonly held in Spain, where it is borne by 781 people, or 1 in 59,862. In Spain Perarnau is most prevalent in: Catalonia, where 92 percent reside, Madrid, where 5 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Spain Perarnau exists in 14 countries. It is also found in France, where 7 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 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
Pérarnau961/
Perarnaud94168/
Perearnau9475/
Perernau8823/
Perearna881/
Pérarnaud821/
Pirarna801/
Perernea751/
Parerna673/
Pirarno671/

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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 Perarnau
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