Perchment Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Perchment Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perchment Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Perchment Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perchment is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perchment? popularity and diffusion

Perchment is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Perchment reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly found in: New Jersey, where 50 percent are found and New York, where 50 percent are found. Beside The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent are found and England, where 25 percent are found.

Perchment Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Perchment has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Perchment surname decreased 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Parchment894,885/
Porchment890/
Pairchment842/
Parchmend782/
Persmeen717/
Persmoen716/
Pressment676/
Peersmoen670/
Presmen631/
Peerzmnd591/

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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 Perchment
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