Peratu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Peratu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peratu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Peratu (10) may also be a first name.

Peratu Last Name Facts

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

Peratu occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Peratu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peratu? popularity and diffusion

Peratu is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Peratu live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread given name globally It is held by 10 people.

The surname Peratu is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,715,360. In Zimbabwe Peratu is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 100 percent are found. Other than Zimbabwe Peratu occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peratou9216/
Perathu922/
Paeratu921/
Petratu921/
Petratou86482/
Peyratou8673/
Peratout8614/
Peeratui864/
Pieratou861/
Petratus861/
Peretu83391/
Paratu83106/
Poratu834/
Piratu833/
Peyratout80213/
Peyrataud8078/
Pierratou8027/
Phetratui804/
Petraitus801/
Peyratoux801/
Poratuy77867/
Pirastu77628/
Pheretu77157/
Phiratu7746/
Poratui7733/
Peretau7729/
Parattu7720/
Parateu7710/
Paratuy779/
Peirató775/
Parathu774/
Pharatu774/
Pitratu771/
Piratou771/
Parautu771/
Pereteu771/
Perothu771/
Pirattu771/
Peratoe770/
Phetrathup754/
Petrotou7133/
Peyretou7133/
Phiratui712/
Peyrotau712/
Perrottu711/
Pharateu711/
Phiratus711/
Preotu67200/
Peyroutou67169/
Parotu6731/
Poretu6730/
Paretu6716/
Porotu673/
Piretu671/

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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 Peratu
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