Percent Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Percent Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Percent (27) may also be a first name.
Percent Demographics
Average Percent Salary in
South Africa
R 170,712
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Percent Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Percent Come From? nationality or country of origin
Percent is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Percent? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Percent is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Percent are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Percent is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 27 people.
Percent is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa Percent is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 43 percent live, Western Cape, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
Percent Last Name Statistics demography
Percent earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.16% less than the national average, earning R 170,712 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percente | 93 | 9 | / |
| Percents | 93 | 1 | / |
| Percient | 93 | 1 | / |
| Percen | 92 | 10 | / |
| Persent | 86 | 1,078 | / |
| Pergent | 86 | 258 | / |
| Perzent | 86 | 12 | / |
| Perjent | 86 | 1 | / |
| Perchen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pearcen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Piercen | 86 | 1 | / |
| Peircen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Persentz | 80 | 18 | / |
| Perschen | 80 | 13 | / |
| Persents | 80 | 11 | / |
| Percinth | 80 | 4 | / |
| Persendt | 80 | 3 | / |
| Perzentz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petrchen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Perchenk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pearchen | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pearsent | 80 | 0 | / |
| Persen | 77 | 1,192 | / |
| Percin | 77 | 310 | / |
| Percem | 77 | 21 | / |
| Pergen | 77 | 13 | / |
| Peršen | 77 | 13 | / |
| Perßen | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pircen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Percyn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Perzen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Percinthe | 75 | 34 | / |
| Phetrchen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pregent | 71 | 860 | / |
| Perchin | 71 | 187 | / |
| Peersen | 71 | 158 | / |
| Pertgen | 71 | 117 | / |
| Prezent | 71 | 96 | / |
| Percina | 71 | 89 | / |
| Pershen | 71 | 42 | / |
| Pehrsen | 71 | 42 | / |
| Piersen | 71 | 37 | / |
| Perssen | 71 | 30 | / |
| Piercin | 71 | 24 | / |
| Persien | 71 | 22 | / |
| Pearsen | 71 | 19 | / |
| Perchem | 71 | 18 | / |
| Petrsen | 71 | 10 | / |
| Pirjent | 71 | 9 | / |
| Perchyn | 71 | 7 | / |
| Perzeen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Perszen | 71 | 5 | / |
| Perchín | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phersen | 71 | 3 | / |
| Percing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Peursen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peercin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pehrzen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perschn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perseng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Petrgen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pirkent | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pearcin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peirsen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Perschin | 67 | 33 | / |
| Prezente | 67 | 15 | / |
| Persenne | 67 | 14 | / |
| Persn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pearchin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Peurssen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Perchink | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pirjente | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pehrssen | 67 | 0 | / |
| Perrseng | 67 | 0 | / |
| Perching | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Percent
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