Perelman Surname

181,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,349 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Perelman Surname Definition:

(German) Pearl man; one who buys and sells pearls or beads; the husband of Perl (pearl).

Perelman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0401:348,51831,261
Russia3781:381,27837,157
Argentina1531:279,36922,471
Ukraine1321:344,86942,920
France1151:577,58977,507
Canada971:379,85133,859
Israel581:147,54515,555
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Belarus391:243,61729,148
Australia291:930,88655,860
England291:1,921,31276,208
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Mexico221:5,642,10030,806
Kazakhstan191:930,65856,702
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
Kyrgyzstan101:597,26542,601
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Moldova81:445,17130,722
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Perelman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Pearl man; one who buys and sells pearls or beads; the husband of Perl (pearl).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Perelman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perelman (Georgian: პერელმან, Russian: Перельман) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Perelman.

How Common Is The Last Name Perelman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 181,232nd most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,102,404 people. The surname Perelman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Perelman reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,040 people, or 1 in 348,518. In The United States Perelman is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Ohio, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 44 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 16 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.

Perelman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Perelman surname is principally Orthodox (61%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Jewish (43%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Perelman surname are 38.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.19% registered with the party.

The amount Perelman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 418.63% more than the national average, earning S/. 100,537 per year; in South Africa they earn 23.08% less than the national average, earning R 182,796 per year; in United States they earn 30.78% more than the national average, earning $56,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.15% more than the national average, earning $65,158 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perelmann9420/
Perelmane944/
Perlman937,210/
Pearlman888,102/
Perilman88115/
Parelman8882/
Perlmann8882/
Perleman8812/
Perllman884/
Paerlman882/
Pierlman881/
Perelmam881/
Perlmasn881/
Perlemann829/
Pearlmann820/
Parlman8041/
Perlmam801/
Perlmon801/
Parilman759/
Perllmam751/
Perilmán751/
Porhlmann710/
Perlemoine67124/
Parlmon670/
Parleman6313/
Parlemon504/

Perelman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perelman in the Georgian language
პერელმანperelman-
Perelman in the Russian language
Перельманperelman-

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