Perekrest Surname

286,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Perekrest Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perekrest Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine8001:56,9038,208
Russia5191:277,69428,846
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Perekrest Last Name Facts

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

Perekrest (Russian: Перекрест) has its highest incidence in Ukraine. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Perekrest.

How Common Is The Last Name Perekrest? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 286,292nd most prevalent last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 5,430,362 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Perekrest are found; 75 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 75 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Perekrest is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is borne by 800 people, or 1 in 56,903. In Ukraine Perekrest is primarily found in: Donetsk Oblast, where 19 percent live, Zaporizhia Oblast, where 19 percent live and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 18 percent live. Barring Ukraine this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 39 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live.

Perekrest Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Perekrest surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (95%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Perekrest last name are 8.4% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 55.17% registered to vote for the party.

Perekrest earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 64.15% less than the national average, earning $15,469 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perekhrest952,363/
Perekrests9521/
Perekreste9512/
Perecrest898/
Perekrestova86951/
Perekrestová861/
Perekhryst8460/
Perekhrist8410/
Perekhrestova824/
Perecrestova762/
Perekhristova735/

Perekrest Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perekrest in the Russian language
Перекрестperekrest-

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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 Perekrest
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