Perenguez Surname

179,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,381 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Perenguez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Perenguez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia1,8461:25,8801,772
Ecuador5061:31,4343,784
Venezuela191:1,589,68820,788
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Perenguez Last Name Facts

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

The surname Perenguez is held by more people in Colombia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perenguez? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 179,201st most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,060,708 people. The last name Perenguez occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Perenguez reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 78 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

Perenguez is most frequent in Colombia, where it is carried by 1,846 people, or 1 in 25,880. In Colombia it is primarily concentrated in: Nariño Department, where 55 percent live, Putumayo Department, where 21 percent live and Valle del Cauca Department, where 15 percent live. Excluding Colombia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Ecuador, where 21 percent live and Venezuela, where 1 percent live.

Perenguez Last Name Statistics demography

Perenguez earn notably less less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 23.83% less than the national average, earning $17,291,900 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perengues8940/
Perenquez893/
Peringuez893/
Perenge888/
Perenger823/
Peringuey7874/
Pirenguet781/
Perenques781/
Peringues781/
Perenga7542/
Perengi756/
Pirenge756/
Peringer71460/
Perninge7116/
Pearengi711/
Perringe710/
Pehringer67136/
Pyrnge67102/
Pferinger6727/
Petringer6726/
Perringer675/
Pernga671/
Péringuey671/
Perinnger670/
Peringa6351/
Pirengi635/
Piringe633/
Peringi631/
Peeringa5951/
Peringgi599/
Phiringe594/
Peringai593/
Pyrnga531/
Piringi50128/
Pyrngai5085/
Piringa5082/

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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 Perenguez
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