Perepelitsa Surname

70,058th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,061 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Perepelitsa Surname User-submission:

This surname derives from the 'quail' bird, as the first half of the name perepel coincides with the Slavic name for the quail (перепелка), and the second half of the name pelitsa coincides with the Slavic word for bird (птица).

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Perepelitsa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia6,3251:22,7863,234
Kazakhstan2771:63,8367,865
Belarus1921:49,4858,456
Turkmenistan561:98,0201,979
Moldova551:64,7528,848
Transnistria451:10,5492,110
Kyrgyzstan331:180,99018,462
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Georgia81:468,19317,304
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

Perepelitsa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname derives from the 'quail' bird, as the first half of the name perepel coincides with the Slavic name for the quail (перепелка), and the second half of the name pelitsa coincides with the Slavic word for bird (птица).

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Perepelitsa Last Name Facts

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

Perepelitsa (Georgian: პერეპელიცა, Russian: Перепелица) is most common in Russia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Perepelitsa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Perepelitsa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Perepelitsa is the 70,058th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,032,084 people. The surname Perepelitsa occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Perepelitsa are found; 69 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Perepelitsa is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 6,325 people, or 1 in 22,786. In Russia Perepelitsa is most prevalent in: Krasnodar Krai, where 12 percent live, Belgorod Oblast, where 7 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 7 percent live. Besides Russia this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 4 percent live and Belarus, where 3 percent live.

Perepelitsa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (90%) in Belarus, Orthodox (57%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Perepelitsa last name are 6.41% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 53.18% registered to vote for the party.

Perepelitsa earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.01% more than the national average, earning $53,942 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Perepelitsa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Perepelitsa in the Georgian language
პერეპელიცაperepelitsa-
Perepelitsa in the Russian language
Перепелицаperepelica-

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