Pere Surname
Approximately 22,673 people bear this surname
Pere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 3,990 | 1:1,816 | 207 |
| Kenya | 3,926 | 1:11,763 | 1,477 |
| Nigeria | 2,868 | 1:61,765 | 4,576 |
| France | 2,141 | 1:31,024 | 3,778 |
| India | 1,893 | 1:405,212 | 21,402 |
| Iran | 904 | 1:84,936 | 8,598 |
| Philippines | 707 | 1:143,194 | 24,104 |
| United States | 682 | 1:531,465 | 44,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 523 | 1:15,590 | 1,520 |
| South Africa | 488 | 1:111,020 | 13,355 |
| Hungary | 372 | 1:26,388 | 2,933 |
| Indonesia | 348 | 1:380,026 | 32,452 |
| Argentina | 316 | 1:135,264 | 11,444 |
| Albania | 310 | 1:9,400 | 1,782 |
| Spain | 299 | 1:156,361 | 11,418 |
| Finland | 297 | 1:18,507 | 2,635 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Uganda | 247 | 1:158,054 | 13,770 |
| New Zealand | 174 | 1:26,025 | 4,563 |
| Estonia | 150 | 1:8,812 | 1,206 |
| French Polynesia | 135 | 1:2,080 | 412 |
| Romania | 117 | 1:171,606 | 17,711 |
| Uruguay | 111 | 1:30,917 | 3,565 |
| Dominican Republic | 108 | 1:96,601 | 4,209 |
| Brazil | 93 | 1:2,301,875 | 71,238 |
| Russia | 91 | 1:1,583,770 | 106,512 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| Belgium | 80 | 1:143,708 | 20,372 |
| Greece | 70 | 1:158,283 | 25,926 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 1:263,862 | 33,208 |
| Benin | 62 | 1:166,703 | 16,738 |
| Ecuador | 59 | 1:269,591 | 8,676 |
| Taiwan | 58 | 1:404,220 | 3,133 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Mexico | 33 | 1:3,761,400 | 25,486 |
| Venezuela | 27 | 1:1,118,670 | 16,331 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Panama | 24 | 1:163,011 | 5,136 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Slovenia | 23 | 1:108,160 | 11,945 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| Italy | 16 | 1:3,822,293 | 103,776 |
| Cook Islands | 14 | 1:1,298 | 323 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
The alternate forms: Père (854), Peré (25), Pére (12), Perè (2), Perê (1), Përe (1) & Péré (78) are calculated separately.
Pere (30,343) may also be a first name.
Pere Demographics
Average Male Pere Height
173.7 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pere (Hindi: पेरे, Marathi: पेरे, Oriya: େପେର, Russian: Пере) is more commonly found in Togo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Père, Peré, Pére, Perè, Perê, Përe or Péré. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 23,870th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 321,420 people. The last name Pere is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Pere are found; 31 percent are found in West Africa and 31 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 27,649th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 30,343 people.
Pere is most widely held in Togo, where it is carried by 3,990 people, or 1 in 1,816. Beside Togo Pere exists in 106 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.
Pere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pere has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,337 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 192 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Pere are 1.58% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.81% registered with the party.
The amount Pere earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.08% less than the national average, earning R 94,860 per year; in Colombia they earn 24.3% less than the national average, earning $17,185,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.8% less than the national average, earning $40,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.25% less than the national average, earning $44,590 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pere in the Hindi language | ||
| पेरे | pere | - |
| Pere in the Oriya language | ||
| େପେର | epera | - |
| Pere in the Marathi language | ||
| पेरे | pere | 99.03 |
| पोेरे | poere | 0.97 |
| Pere in the Russian language | ||
| Пере | pere | - |
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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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- 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 Pere
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